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26 Chemicals Used In Daily Life, Which Will Change The Way You Look At Them

Everyday products rely on chemistry. Explore familiar examples such as baking ingredients, soaps and detergents, and understand their roles in daily life.

26 Chemicals Used In Daily Life, Which Will Change The Way You Look At Them
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Chemicals play an important part in our life

We come across umpteen of them in our day to day activities. We are quiet unaware of chemical uses and in this blog you will see examples of chemicals that keep our life going smooth. These chemicals are used either in combined form or as some reagents

 

S:No Common name of the Chemical Molecular Formula and IUPAC name Use
1 Baking powder NaHCO3; sodium bicarbonate Used for baking for cooking, releases CO2 in reaction with other ingredients
2 Soap Esters Used for bathing and washing clothes
3 Detergent Sodium sulphate, sodium hydroxide and phosphatecompounds Used for washing clothes
4 Toothpaste Calcium carbonate, sodium flouride Used for cleaning teeth while brushing
5 Salt NaCl; Sodium Chloride Used in seasoning for cooking; also used as preservative
6 Vinegar C2H4O2

acetic acid, ethanoic acid

Used as preservative and for seasoning foods. Utilized for various household cleaning uses.
7 Graphite Carbon Used in Pencil
8 Alcohol Ethanol(C2H6O) Used in alcoholic drinks
9 Bleaching Powder NaOCl Commonly used domestic bleach. Used for cleaning purposes
10 Sugar Sucrose; C12H22O11 Used in cooking as sweetner
11 Aspirin C9H8O4; acetyl salicylic acid Used in various medicines
12 Mouthwash H2O2; hydrogen peroxide, Used for personal hygiene.
13 Caustic soda NaOH; sodium hydroxide It’s a highly corrosive alkali which is used for cleaning, unblocking sinks, drains and toilets.
14 Moth balls C6H4Cl2; 1,4-dichlorobenzene Has a strong pungent smell and is used to kill clothes moths and fabric pests.
15 Chalk CaCO3; calcium carbonate Uses incl. blackboard chalk, pavement (or, in USA, “sidewalk”) chalk, gymnastics and rock-climbing, and sometimes in toothpaste.
16 Insect repellent (application on skin) Diethyltoluamide Protects from different bug bites
17 Hand sanitizer IPA: Isopropyl Alcohol Kills germs
18 Rat poison Arsenic Use to wipe out rats in household
19 Toilet cleaner HCl: Hydrochloric acid Cleaning toilet bowls
20 Whitener Sodium hypochlorite(liq) Whitening agent for clothes
21 Antiperspirant & Deodorants Al2ClH7O6: Aluminum chlorohydrate Controls body odor
22 Diamond Carbon Used in jewelry
23 Epsom salt MgSO₄: Magnesium sulfate Bath salt used to relieve muscle sores
24 MSG C₅H₈NO₄Na: Monosodium glutamate Flavor enhancer
25 Marble CaCO3: Calcium carbonate Used as Flooring
26 Sand SiO2: Silicon Dioxide Construction, sustainable container etc.

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If we are to put down the use of chemistry in our daily life the list would be exhaustive. Now having known that chemicals and chemistry is everywhere, we are sure, the next product you come across you will be curious to know its chemical composition. We are happy to have kindled your inquisitiveness in chemicals & chemistry.

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Written by K.G Shankar

Pon Pure Chemicals Group has manufactured and distributed chemicals from Chennai since 1981. This article reflects practical knowledge from our technical team. It is general guidance and does not replace product-specific SDS documentation.

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