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Aim: Looking at 10 household chemicals

Equipment:

1. Salt/Sodium chloride
2. Surf/sodium or potassium salts
3. White vinegar/ acetic acid
4. Baking soda/Sodium hydrogen carbonate
5. Baking powder/sodium hydrogen carbonate
6. Cleaner/ Chemical formulas found in common drain cleaners

	Chemical name	Chemical formula
Caustics	Sodium hydroxide (lye or caustic soda)	NaOH
	Potassium hydroxide	KOH
	Aluminum oxide	Al2O3
Oxidizers	Sodium hypochlorite (bleach)	NaClO

7. Detergent/sodium or potassium salts  
8. Lemonade C H O
9. Sugar/(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis

(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

10. Citric acid /77-92-9; 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid; Citric acid, anhydrous; Citro; Anhydrous citric acid





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