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Common salt - Sodium chloride - Used in food preservative. Caustic soda - Sodium hydroxide - Used in manufacture of soap, paper, Washing soda - Sodium carbonate - Used in manufacture of glas*, softening of water for washing cloths etc. Baking soda - Sodium bicarbonate - Used in fire extinguisher, cooking, antacid etc. Glauber's salt - Sodium sulphate - Used in manufacture of window glas*, brown paper, as detergent additive. Hypo - Sodium thiosulphate (pentahydrate) - Used in photography for fixing or washing. Pearl ash - Potas*ium carbonate - Used in soft soap, washing wool etc. Indian salt peter - Potas*ium nitrate - Used in gun powder which is a 6:1:1 mixture of potas*ium, charcoal, and sulphur. Salammoniac - Ammonium chloride - Used for soldering, in dry cell etc. Epsum salt - Magnesium sulphate (hepta hydrate) - Used as laxative. Quick lime - Calcium oxide - Used in cement, glas*, mortar, white Milk of lime - Calcium hydroxide - Used in cement, glas*, mortar, white washing etc. Lime stone, marble - Calcium carbonate - Used in cement, glas* mortar, white washing spar etc. Gypsum - Calcium sulphate - Used in cement, production of (dihydrate) plaster of paris etc. Plaster of paris - Calcium sulphate (semihydrate) - Used in casts, moulds, plastering etc. Heavy spar - Barium sulphate - Used as a barium meal for contrast dye x-ray photography of the abdomen. Borax - Sodium tetraborate (decahydrate) - Used as a flux in optical gas, in match, stick to prevent after glow, as a preservative. Alum (potash alum) - Potas*ium aluminum sulphate - Used in purification of water to remove dirt. Dry ice - Solid carbon dioxide - Used to induce artificial rain, cinema locations etc. Oil of vitriol - Sulphuric acid - King of chemicals, used in most industries. Bleaching powder - Calcium oxychloride - Used as bleaching agent and disinfectant. Lunar caustic - Silver nitrate - Used in silver mirror, marking ink for identification of person in elections etc. Philosopher's wool - Zinc oxide - Used in paints, as a filler in rubber etc.