Appendix A 



Common Names of Chemicals Used in Dyeing** 



Alum 



Aqua ammonia 

 Aqua fortis 

 Aqua regia 

 Argol (Argal) 



Bleaching powder 

 Blue stone 

 Blue vitriol 

 Borax 

 Brimstone 

 Caustic potash 

 Caustic soda 

 Chalk 



Chrome mordant 

 Chrome yellow 

 Cinnabar 

 Copperas 

 Cream of tartar 

 Fuller's earth 



Glycerine 

 Green vitriol 

 Javelle water 

 Lime water 

 Lye 



Marine acid 

 Milk of lime 



Muriatic acid 



Nitre 



Oil of vitriol 



Orpiment 



Pearl ash 



Potassium aluminum sulfate 

 Ammonium hydroxide solution 

 Nitric acid 



Mixture of HCl and HNO3 

 Crude potassium bitartrate, red 



or white, depending on whether 



it is deposited from red or white 



grapes 

 Calcium hypochlorite 

 Blue vitriol (below) 

 Hydrated copper sulfate 

 Hydrated sodium tetraborate 

 Sulfur 



Potassium hydroxide 

 Sodium hydroxide 

 Calcium carbonate 

 Potassium dichromate 

 Lead chromate 

 Mercuric sulfide 

 Hydrated ferrous sulfate 

 Potassium acid tartrate 

 Hydrated magnesium and 



aluminum silicates 

 Glycerol 



Copperas (above) 

 Sodium hypochlorite solution 

 Water solution of calcium hydroxide 

 Caustic soda (above) 

 Muriatic acid (below) 

 Calcium hydroxide suspended in 



water 

 Hydrochloric acid 

 Potassium nitrate 

 Concentrated sulfuric acid 

 Arsenic trisulfide 

 Purified potash 



KA1( 804)2- 12 HoO 



NH4OH 



HNO3 



HCI + HNO3 



CaOCl2 



CuS04-5 H2O 



Na2B4O7-10 H2O 



S 



KOH 



NaOH 



CaCOj 



K2Cr207 



PbCr04 



HgS 



FeSOi-TH.O 



KHC4H40e 



C3H5(OH)3 



NaOCl 

 Ca(OH)2-H20 



Ca(OH)2 



HCI 



KNO3 



H2SO4 



AS2S3 

 K2CO3 



** Chief reference: Francis M. Turner, ed.. The condensed chemical dictionary, 2nd ed., 

 rev. New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc., 1930. 



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