INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• Sodium acetate

  • Diuretic
  • Antacid
  • Alkalinizing agent in Benedict's solution

  
• Sodium bicarbonate

  • Baking soda
  • Antacid

  
• Sodium chloride

  • Table salt/ Rock salt
  • Condiment
  • Oral rehydrating salt

  
• Sodium biphosphate

  • Fleet enema
  • Stool softener
  • Urinary acidifier for cystitis

  
• Sodium carbonate

  • Anhydrous"- Soda ash
  • "Dihydrate"- Trona
  • "Decahydrate"- Sal soda, Washing soda, Soda crystals
  • Antacid

  
• Sodium fluoride


  Anticariogenic Agent (2%)

  
• Sodium hydroxide

  • Caustic soda
  • Sosa
  • Lye
  • Saponifying Agent (Soap making)

  
• Sodium hypochlorite

  • Dakin's Solution
  • Chlorox
  • Disinfectant
  • Bleaching agent

  
• Sodium iodide

  • Expectorant
  • Iodine solubilizer

  
• Sodium nitrate

  • Vasodilator
  • Antidote for Cyanide poisoning
  • Food preservative

  
• Sodium thiosulfate

  • Photographer's hypo
  • Together with sodium nitrate, it acts as an antidote to cyanide poisoning

  
• Sodium tartrate

  Used in the standardization of Karl Fischer reagent

  
• Sodium sulfate (decahydrate)

  • Glauber's salt
  • Cathartic

  
• Potassium

  • Predominant intracellular cation
  • Involved in smooth muscle contraction
  • Negative inotropic effect on heart
• Potassium chloride

  • Ringer's Solution
  • Darrow's Solution
  • Electrolyte replenisher
• Potassium permanganate


  • Mineral Chameleon
  • Volume solution and indicator of permanganometry
  • Antidote for strychnine poisoning

  
• Potassium bitartrate


  • Cream of tartar
  • Creamor
  • Only insoluble salt of potassium
• Potassium chlorate

  Component of toothpaste, gargles and mouthwashes due to its cooling, cleaning, and deodorant reaction
• Sulfated potash

  • Liver of sulfur
  • Mixture of Potassium polysulfide and Potassium thiosulfate
  • Used in the preparation of white lotion (Lotio Alba, Lotio Sulfurata)

  
• Cesium

  • Catalyst in the polymerization of resin-forming materials
  • Discovered by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchoff
  • Spectrum of mineral water
• Cesium chloride

  Density gradient centrifugation for the separation of resin
• Ammonium ion

  • Preparation: Haber-Bosch process, Haber process
  • Hypothetical Alkali Metal
• Ammonium bromide

  Component of five bromides elixir and three bromides elixir
• Ammonium chloride

  • "Muriate of Hartshorn"
  • Sal ammoniac
  • Salmiac
  • Buffer for zinc analysis (Complexation)
• Strong ammonia solution

  • "Stronger Ammonia Water"
  • "Spirit of Hartshorn"
  • Contains 27-31% Ammonia
  • Used primarily in making ammonia water
  • Ingredient of aromatic spirit of ammonia

  
• Copper

  • Only reddish-colored metal
  • 3rd most malleable
  • 3rd best conductor of electricity
  • Salts are blue in color
  • Occurs in the respiratory pigment hemocyanin and cytochrome oxidase
  • Protein precipitant
  • Enhances absorption of Fe
• Alloys of copper

  • Bronze (Cu + Sn + Zn)
  • Brass (Cu + Zn)
  • Gun metal (Cu + Sn)
  • Sterling (Cu + Ag)
  • Devarda's alloy (Cu + Al + Zn)
• Wilson's disease

  • Copper toxicity
  • Symptoms: hepatic cirrhosis, jaundice bloating, brain damage, demyelination, kidney defects
  • Treatment: Penicillamine (Cuprimine)
• Copper sulfate (pentahydrate)

  • Blue Vitriol
  • Blue stone
  • Ingredient in: Benedict's Solution, Fehling's Solution, Barfoed's Reagent, Bordeaux Mixture
  • Antidote for Phosphorus Poisoning (with calcium oxide and water)

  
• Basic copper acetate


  • Verdigris
  • Use as pink pigment
• Silver


  • Has oligodynamic reaction
  • Can inhibit microorganisms in small concentration
• Argyria


  • Silver toxicity
  • Treatment: NSS, Sodium thiosulfate, Potassium ferricyanide

  
• Ammoniated silver nitrate


  • Howe's Solution
  • One of the components of Tollen's Reagent
• Argyrol


  • Mild silver protein (19-25%)
  • Antiseptic for the eyes
  • Treatment of vaginitis
• Protargol


  • Strong silver protein (7.5 - 8.5%)
  • Potent germicide for ears, throat, and bladder
• Collargol


  • Colloidal silver protein (18 - 22%)
  • Mild antiseptic
  • 2% irrigate sinus
  • 50% female genital tract antiseptic
• Gold


  • King of all metals
  • Most malleable
  • Most Ductile
  • Best conductor of electricity
  • Soluble only in AQUA REGIA and SELENIC ACID
• Aqua regia


  1 HNO3 : 3 HCL
• Aurothioglucose (IM)


  • Brand name: Solganal
  • Indications: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout
• Gold sodium thiomalate (IM)


  • Brand name: Miochrysine
  • Indications: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, SLE