Chemicals in daily life

Question 1

Calcium Dihydroxide

Answer 1

Ca(OH)[2]

• Used for plastering walls
• Limewater; solution of Ca(OH)[2] in water, and used to test for the presence of Carbon Dioxide

Question 2

Calcium Dihydroxide common name

Answer 2

Slaked lime

Question 3

Calcium Dihydroxide Nederlandse naam

Answer 3

Gebluste kalk

Question 4

Sodium Hydroxide

Answer 4

NaOH

• Drain cleaner; unclogging drain pipes
• Touching NaOH creates soapy feeling. It converts the oils in the skin to soap, which may result in burns.

Question 5

Sodium Hydroxide common name

Answer 5

Caustic Soda

Question 6

Sodium Hydroxide Nederlandse naam

Answer 6

Bijtende Soda

Question 7

Ammonium Hydroxide

Answer 7

NH[4]OH

• Otherwise known as a solution of Ammonia gas in water
• Household cleaners for degreasing, like window cleaning. Pungent smell of urine.

Question 8

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 8

CO[2]

• In exhaled air
• In soft drinks, beer…
• Formed during complete combustion of petrol and other fuels.
• In certain types of fire extinguishers
• Taken up during photosynthesis

Question 9

Carbon Monoxide/ Carbon Oxide

Answer 9

CO

• Formed during incomplete combustion in stoves, boilers, poorly tuned engines
• Extremely poisonous!

Question 10

Diiron Trioxide

Answer 10

Fe[2]O[3]

• Common name: rust
• Nederlandse naam: roest

Question 11

Sulfur Dioxide

Answer 11

SO[2]

• Preservative for dried fruits (food additive E220)
• Bleach for wool, silk, straw
• In car exhaust fumes

Question 12

Calcium Oxide

Answer 12

CaO

- Key ingredient in the process of making cement

Question 13

Calcium Oxide common name

Answer 13

Quicklime

Question 14

Calcium Oxide Nederlandse naam

Answer 14

Ongebluste kalk

Question 15

Dinitrogen Oxide

Answer 15

N[2]O

- Used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic effects

Question 16

Dinitrogen Oxide common name

Answer 16

Laughing gas

Question 17

Dinitrogen Oxide Nederlandse naam

Answer 17

Lachgas

Question 18

Dihydrogen Sulphide

Answer 18

H[2]S

• Typically recognized by rotten egg smell
• Occurs in volcanic gasses, but also present in air due to decay (rotten eggs, rotten fish).

Question 19

Hydrogen Chloride

Answer 19

HCl

• Present in the stomach (with a pH of 2). An excess of this can cause damage to stomach lining or ulcers.
• Solution of HCl can be used as a drastic descaling product.

Question 20

Hydrogen Chloride common names

Answer 20

Hydrochloric acid, or Gastric acid

Question 21

Hydrogen Chloride Nederlandse naam

Answer 21

Zoutzuur of Maagzuur

Question 22

Dihydrogen Carbonate

Answer 22

H[2]CO[3]

• Decomposes into H[2]O and CO[2]
• Found in soft drinks and other carbonated drinks

Question 23

Dihydrogen Carbonate common name

Answer 23

Carbonic acid

Question 24

Dihydrogen Carbonate Nederlandse naam

Answer 24

Koolzuur

Question 25

Dihydrogen Sulfate

Answer 25

H[2]SO[4] - Used in car batteries - People get mutilated in Bangladesh because some boi is jealous or rejected - Can't baptise it; Sulfuric Acid and water don't go well together!

Question 26

Dihydrogen Sulfate common name

Answer 26

Sulfuric acid or Battery acid

Question 27

Dihydrogen Sulfate Nederlandse naam

Answer 27

Zwavelzuur

Question 28

Sodium Chloride

Answer 28

NaCl - Used as raw material for the preparation of Na, Cl[2], HCl, NaOH in industry - Preservative - Seasoning - Physiological saline solution; (0,9% NaCl in water) and as a substitue for body fluids (like nasal wash for babies).

Question 29

Sodium Chloride common name

Answer 29

Table salt or Sea salt

Question 30

Sodium Fluoride

Answer 30

NaF | - Ingredient in toothpaste containing fluorides

Question 31

Calcium Dichloride

Answer 31

CaCl[2] | - Used to salt the roads during the winter because actual salt is too expensive and we like dem bux.

Question 32

Silver Nitrate

Answer 32

AgNO[3] | - Used to remove warts in a pen-ish thingy, plus its photosensitive

Question 33

Potassium Nitrate

Answer 33

KNO[3] - Salpeter; used in artificial fertilizers, gunpowders and fireworks - Oxidizer

Question 34

Calcium Carbonate

Answer 34

CaCO[3] | - In limestone, marble, shells, eggshells

Question 35

Calcium Sulfate

Answer 35

CaSO[4] - Plaster casts for setting broken bones - Plaster works on walls

Question 36

Disodium Carbonate

Answer 36

Na[2]CO[3] - Household cleaner (in the form of soda crystals) - Raw material for the preparation of glass

Question 37

Disodium Carbonate common name

Answer 37

Soda

Question 38

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

Answer 38

NaHCO[3] - Ingredient in baking powder - When heated, it decomposes into H[2]O and CO[2] which rises the dough. - In stomach salt; reacts with HCl and also forms H[2]O and CO[2] - In effervescent tablets (or bathbombs lel)

Question 39

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate common name

Answer 39

Sodium bicarbonate or baking soda