| Copper Tubing | Your Mom's House |
| Sulfuric Acid | Drain Opener |
| Potassium Chloride | Usually a sodium-free salt alternative |
| acetic acid | vinegar |
| aluminum oxide | alumia |
| aluminum potassium sulfate | alum |
| aluminum sulfate | alum |
| ammonium hydroxide | ammonia |
| carbon carbonate | chalk |
| calcium hypochloride | bleaching powder |
| calcium oxide | lime |
| calcium sulphate | Plaster of Paris |
| carbonic acid | seltzer |
| carbon tetrachloride | cleaning fluid |
| ethylene dichloride | Dutch fluid |
| ferric oxide | iron rust |
| glucose | corn syrup |
| graphite | pencil lead |
| hydrochloric acid | muriatic acid |
| hydrogen peroxide | peroxide |
| lead acetate | sugar of lead |
| lead tetroxide | red lead |
| magnesium silicate | talc |
| magnesium sulfate | Epsom salts |
| naphthalene | mothballs |
| phenol | carbolic acid |
| potassium bitartrate | cream of tartar |
| potassium chromium sulfate | chrome alum |
| Potassium Nitrate | Stump Remover or Saltpeter |
| silicon dioxide | sand |
| sodium bicarbonate | baking soda |
| sodium bisulfate | pool balancers |
| sodium borate | borax |
| sodium carbonate | washing soda |
| sodium chloride | salt |
| sodium hydroxide | lye |
| sodium silicate | water glass |
| sodium sulfate | Glauber's salt |
| sodium thiosulfate | photographer's hypo |
| sulfuric acid | battery acid or drain cleaner |
| sucrose | cane sugar |
| zine chloride | tinner's fluid |