Commonly used chemicals
Chemistry, along with chemical engineering have given us various products based on many chemicals that we use almost every day. Many of you are probably not aware that you use some pretty interesting compounds relatively often. Here we will mention two very common chemicals: acetone and sodium bicarbonate.
The first of the two, acetone, is a chemical that is often the main ingredient in nail polish removers. It is used because it is a very good solvent, and is capable of removing pigments and other chemical compounds that stay on your nails after applying nail polish. Acetone in nail polish removers is often mixed with a certain amount of water, and sometimes parfumes or pigments may also be added, but these compounds usually don’t change the properties of acetone as a solvent. Acetone is a flammable and colorless liquid, and is the most simple compound in the group of ketones. It has a lower density than water (0.79 g/cm3), and boils already at 57°C.
The other mentioned compound is sodium hydrogen carbonate, also known as baking soda, because it is the primary (and mostly only) ingredient in baking powder which is used because of its ability to decompose into CO2 when it reacts with acids. This carbon dioxide that is released by the mentioned reaction, helps the dough to “rise”. The mentioned, sodium hydrogen carbonate (also known as sodium bicarbonate) is a white solid crystalline powder, that mostly appears as a fine powder. It has a slight alkaline taste, and mostly no odor.
These were just some of the most well known chemicals that we usually use very often. If one is more interested in the mentioned chemicals, or other that are used relatively often, there are many sites with descriptions of common chemicals, and other interesting information regarding chemistry.
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