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Boric acid, also called boracic acid, is a weak, inorganic acid best known for its use as an antiseptic. See more »

Alum

Alum, AL uhm, is the name of a particular group of double salts.

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Ammonia

Ammonia, uh MOHN yuh or uh MOH nee uh, is a colorless alkaline gas made up of one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen.

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Boric acid

Boric acid, also called boracic acid, is a weak, inorganic acid best known for its use as an antiseptic.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless gas.

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Carbon disulfide

Carbon disulfide, also called carbon bisulfide, is a colorless, poisonous, and highly flammable liquid.

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Carbon monoxide

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and extremely poisonous gas.

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Ferrous sulfate

Ferrous sulfate, FEHR us SUL fayt, is a substance which occurs in light-green crystals.

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Glauber's salt

Glauber's salt is a chemical compound of sodium sulfate and water.

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Heavy water

Heavy water is water that contains the heavy isotope of hydrogen called deuterium in place of ordinary hydrogen.

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Hydrogen sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, extremely poisonous gas.

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Litharge

Litharge, LIHTH ahrj, also called lead monoxide (chemical formula, PbO), is a poisonous yellow or reddish-yellow solid, a compound of lead and oxygen.

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Monazite

Monazite, MON uh zyt, is a heavy, yellow-brown mineral.

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Nitric acid

Nitric acid is a strong inorganic acid that has many industrial uses.

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Nitrous oxide

Nitrous oxide, NY truhs OK syd, is a colorless, odorless gas that physicians and dentists use to make patients insensitive to pain.

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Phosphoric acid

Phosphoric acid, fos FAWR ihk, is the most common acid of phosphorus.

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Saltpeter

Saltpeter, also called niter, is a mineral known to chemists as potassium nitrate.

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Silver nitrate

Silver nitrate, NY trayt, is a chemical used in medicine and industry.

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Sulfur dioxide

Sulfur dioxide is a colorless, poisonous gas with a sharp odor.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid is a colorless, dense, oily liquid that is extremely corrosive.

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Water

Water is the most common substance on Earth.

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