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Abbreviations. - s., soluble; v. s., very soluble; sp. s., sparingly soluble; n. s., not soluble; dec, decomposed; del., deliquescent.
Name. | Symbol. | Molecular Weight. | One Part is Soluble in Cold Water | One Part is Soluble in Hot Water | Alcohol. |
Acid Acetic | C2H4O2................. | 60 | in any propotion | ||
" Boric or Boracic | H3BO3.................. | 62 | 25 | 3 | 6 |
" Carbolic ( see Phenol ).............. | C6H60.................. | 94 | 16.6 | 3 | 6 |
" Citric............................... | C6H807 + H2O........... | 210 | 0 75 | 0.5 | s. |
" Digallic (see Tannin )............... | C14H10O9................ | 322 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
" Gallic............................... | C7H6O5 | 170 | 100 | 3 | 8 |
" Hydrobromic........................ | HBr..................... | 81 | s. | s. | s. |
" Hydroiodic.......................... | HI...................... | 128 | s. | s. | s. |
" Hydrochloric........................ | HC1..................... | 36.5 | 9. | s. | s. |
" Hydrofluoric | HF1..................... | 20 | s. | s. | s. |
" Hydrocyanic......................... | HCy or CN.............. | 27 | s. | s. | s. |
" Hydro - sulphuric | H2S..................... | 34 | s. | s. | s. |
" Muriatic (see Hydrochloric).......... | |||||
" Nitric............................... | HNO3................... | 63 | in all proportion absorbed | ||
" Nitrous............................ | HNO2................... | 47 | |||
" Oxalic............................... | C2H2O4+2H2O.......... | 126 | 8 | 0.2 | s. also in ether |
' Pyrogallic (see Pyrogallic) | C6H6O3 | 126 | 2 | v. s. | also v. 9. in ether. |
" Salicylic............................. | C7H603.................. | 138 | 7.6 | 9 | also v. s. in ether. |
Acid, Sulphuric....................... | H2S04.................. | 98 | in any proportion. | ||
" Sulphurous........................... | H2SO3.................. | 82 | absorbed. | ||
" Tannic (see Digallic) | |||||
" Tartaric........................... | C4H6O6................. | 150 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 5 |
Alcohol, Ethyl . . | C2H6O.................. | 46 | in all proportions. | ||
Alcohol, Methyl (see Wood Alcohol)....... | CH4O................... | 32 | in all proportions. | ||
Alum (see Potassium Aluminium Sulphate) | Al2(S04)3K2S04+24H20 | 948.8 | 10 | 8 | n. s. |
Alum Chrome (see Potassium Chromic Sulph.) | Cr2(S04)3K2S04+24H20 | 998.4 | 10 | dec. | n. s. |
Amidol (Diamido Phenol)...... .......... | C6H8N20................ | 124 | very soluble. | ||
Ammonia, Gaseous...................... | NH3..................... | 17 | very soluble. | ||
Ammonium Bichromate.................... | (NH4)2Cr207............ | 252 | v. s. | v. s. | |
" Bromide .............................. | NH4Br................... | 98 | 1.29 | 0.7 | 31.5 |
" Cadmium Bromide ........... | 2NH4Br2CdBr2 + H20.... | 678 | 0.73 | 5.3 | |
" " Iodide.............. | 2NH4ICdI2+2H20....... | 545 | 0.58 | 0.7 | |
Chloride...................... | NH4Cl.................. | 53.5 | 3 | 1 | sp. s. |
" Ferric Oxalate................. | Fe2(C204)6(NH4)6+8H20 | 892 | 2.1 | 0.29 | sp. s. |
" Fluoride....................... | NH4FI.................. | 37 | v. s. | v. s. | sp. s. |
" Iodide......................... | NH4I.................... | 145 | 1 | 0.5 | s. |
" Nitrate........................ | NH4NO3................ | 80 | 2 | 1 | s. |
" Oxalate........................ | (NH4)2C204............. | 124 | 4 | 2 | s. |
" Persulphate ........................... | |||||
" Sulpho-Cyanate................ | NH4CNS................ | 76 | s. | s. | s. |
Aurantia (Hexanitro-diphenylamin Ammonia) | NH4C12H4(N02)6N....... | 456 | |||
Aurin (Trioxy-triphenyl Carbinol)......... | 290 | ||||
Barium Chloride........................... | BaCl2+2H20............ | 244 | 2.18 | 1.5 | sp. s. |
" Nitrate............................. | Ba(NO3)2............... | 261 | 12.2 | 2.84 | n. s. |
" Per-oxide | Ba02.................... | 169 | v. s. | n. s. | n. s. |
Benzole or Benzine (Trioxy-tryphenyl-Car-binol) ................................. | C6H6.................... | 78 | n. s. | n. s. | s. |
Borax (see Sodium Biborate) | |||||
Cadmium Bromide......................... | CdBr2 + 4H20............ | 344 | 1.5 | 1 | sp. s. |
" Iodide........................... | Cdl2..................... | 366 | 1.5 | 1 | s. |
Calcium Bromide ........................ | CaBr2................... | 200 | 1 | .75 | s. |
" Carbonate (see Chalk) | CaCO3 | 100 | n. s. | n. s. | n. s. |
" Chloride......................... | CaCl2+6H20............ | 219 | . 75 | 5 | 10 |
 
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