RE: Chemical Names Table

From: <Peter>
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 11:43:00 EDT

So what the heck is trootsite?

Peter Quinn
Rebis Industrial Workgroup Software
(925)933-2525x242

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From: Davis McConnico [mailto:dmcconnico@thermosealinc.com] Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 7:31 AM
To: Mechproj@xtra.co.nz; PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] Chemical Names Table

Steve,

I've found the following websites very useful. One inputs a chemical name and various data is displayed such as the CAS#, chemical formula, alternate names, etc.

http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/monster/monster2.htm

http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/

http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/chemcomp.asp

http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

>>> "smckennz" <Mechproj@xtra.co.nz> 06/20/02 11:31PM >>>
Hi there

A continual source of frustration for me is the different chemical names in occasional and common use.
For example milk of lime is essentially a calcium hydroxide solution, blue vitriol is cupric sulphate, quicklime is calcium oxide, salt cake is sodium sulphate, gypsum is hydrated calcium sulphate and on and on and on........
Every time I find one of these quaint terms (e.g. dragons blood, gamboge, colophony, tartar,green vitriol,potash, litharge,minium, trootsite, cinnabar, feldspar, soda ash, plus about a million others) I have to try and find out the chemical composition.

Is there a book (some sort of dictionary) or a table which gives common chemical names for the more colourful names used in the past?

Thanks

Steve McKenzie

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