ITEM	ALSO CALLED...	COMMENTS/SOURCES
Acacia	Gum Arabic
Acetic Acid	Vinegar Methane carboxylic acid	3 - 5% solution of Vinegar
Alum		Available in spice section of grocery stores Online Source: AmericanSpice.com
Aluminum Oxide	Alumia
Aluminum powder		Available at paint stores and auto parts stores. Brand name: Black German Aluminum
Aluminum Potassium Sulphate	Alum
Aluminum Sulfate	Alum
Ammonium Carbonate	Hartshorn, baker's ammonia	Pungent crystals, often called "smelling salts." This is hard to find. Try a specialty market or a mail order catalogue (try D. P. Gumby Ammonium Carbonate Co., Theale-on-Line, Berkshire, England.) Substitutes: double-acting baking powder.
Ammonium Hydroxide	Ammonia	Available at grocery stores as ammonia water and/or household glass cleaner
Ammonium Nitrate	Salt Peter
Ammonium Oleate	Ammonia Soap
Ammonium Phosphate		Available at garden supply store
Amylacetate	Banana Oil
Antimony sulfide		Available at plumbing supply stores
Aqueous ammonia	See ammonium hydroxide
Arabic Gum Powder	Acacia Vera	A soothing herb which forms a protective coating over inflamed skin, reducing irritation and encourages healing. Used in cosmetic applications for burns, and sores. Also burned as incense. Online Source: www.theflowerpetal.com/herb.htm
Arrow root	Arrowroot	Light weight, white powder used as a base for body powder or thickening agent in cooking. Provides an excellent, clear thickener. Can substitute cornstarch (use a bit more; doesn't impart as glossy a finish), kuzu powder, tapioca starch, potato starch, rice starch or flour. Online Sources: www.theflowerpetal.com/herb.htm Bostick & Sullivan - under "Starch" Great American Spice

Baby's Breath		Online Source: www.babysbreath.com
Barium Sulfide	Black Ash
Bath Crystals (Unscented)	Bath salts	Online Source: www.theflowerpetal.com www.the-sage.com/ (Large & small salts) americanspice.com - refined sea salt americanspice.com - coarse sea salt
Bicarbonate of Soda	Baking Soda	Available at grocery stores. Baking soda is an alkali, most often used as a leavening agent when you are adding any acid (eg. buttermilk) to the batter of any baked goods. CO2 is produced and the batter will rise.
Bladderwrack		Ground to powder, often applied to minor wounds to help with clotting. Online source: Altered States Herbs
Borax	Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate	Available in most grocery stores, look in laundry detergent section. Online Source: www.chemistrystore.com/borax.htm
Boric Acid		Commonly used in photographic processing. Online Source: bostick-sullivan.com/commerce/aa_37.htm
Bottles & Containers		Online Sources: www.the-sage.com/catalog/containers.html www.theflowerpetal.com www.exsites-ltd.com/mysweetvictoria/ www.wellnaturally.com/bottle.html
Buckwheat Hulls		Online Sources: J.T. Farrell Making a buckwheat pillow

Calcium carbonate	Chalk	A white, crystalline, water-insoluble, tasteless powder, CaCO3, occurring in nature in various forms, as calcite, chalk, and limestone: used chiefly in dentifrices and polishes and in the manufacture of lime and cement.
Calcium Chloride		Used like rock salt, to melt ice on roads and driveways. Also used in highway construction, paper industry. Online Source: www.esvco.com/ESVPRICE.HTM
Calcium Oxide	Lime
Calcium Sulfate	Plaster of Paris
Candle Gel	Gel Wax	Online Sources: http://www.rainbowmeadow.com/candlepricelist.html http://www.chemistrystore.com/Candle_Gel.htm http://www.downeastscents.com/Wax.htm
Carbonic Acid	Seltzer
Carbon Carbonate	Chalk	Used to provide that much sought-after "chalky" texture for antacids, laxatives, diuretics, and other bowel-related liquid medications. You can synthesize it yourself: Take one 5-inch length of schoolhouse chalk. Grind in a mortar until a fine powdery consistency is achieved. Use 1 gram powder per dosage as recommended.
Carbontetrachloride	Cleaning Fluid
Christmas Ornaments, Glass	Glass Ball Ornaments	See Glass Ball Ornaments
Citric acid	beta-hydroxytricarballylic acid Also Vitamin C	A white powder extracted from the juice of citrus and other acidic fruits (such as lemons, limes, pineapples and gooseberries). It's also produced by the fermentation of glucose. Available at health food stores, often disguised as powdered vitamin C, or any store that sells home canning supplies or wine making supplies. It acts as a preservative - keeps the color in canned foods, etc. Online Sources: My Sweet Victoria Great American Spice Company.
Copper Sulfate	Bluestone	Used to make green fireplace flames. Can also be added to non-medicated drinks to produce bizarre and amusing effects. Online Source: The Chemistry Store Bostick & Sullivan
Corn Cob, Processed	Litter Material	Use in potpourri to hold scent. Try the pet dept. at Walmart or specialty pet stores.

Essential Oils		Online Sources: Rainbow Meadow Well Naturally LorAnn Oils Inc.
Ethylinedichloride	Ethylene Dichloride	Dutch Fluid

Ferric Ammonium Citrate	Ferric Citrate	A complex salt, composed of iron, ammonia and citric acid. Very soluble in water and having a mild iron-metallic taste. Often used in food and water purification, making blueprints and therapy for iron deficiency. Store in tight, light resistant containers in a cool place. Available at wholesale drug company or photographic supply house. Online source: Bostick & Sullivan
Ferric Oxide	Iron Rust
Ferric Oxalate	Fe2(C2O4)3.5H2O	Bostick & Sullivan article: All About Ferric Oxalate, How to Make, etc. Online source: Bostick & Sullivan
Fountain Pumps	Patio fountain pumps	Usually available at craft supply stores and aquarium supply stores. Online sources: http://home.calinet.com/aquatic-spectrum/ http://www.egglight.com/pumps.html http://www.aqua-mart.com http://www.waterheart.com/
Fuller's Earth	Powder	Online Source: Well Naturally
Furfuraldehyde	Bran Oil

Germaben II	Lotion Preservative	Magestic Mountain Sage
Gift Bags (plain)		Fetpak, Packaging Supplies, http://fetpak.com Factory Direct Craft Supply, 1-800-252-5223, Krafts2U@aol.com
Glass Ball Ornaments	Clear Christmas Balls	See ideas for use on our Glass Ornaments page. Online Source: The Christmas Depot - Clear glass ball ornaments, sets of 4 or 6, $4.95. Also sell by case at discount prices
Glucose	Corn Syrup
Glycerin	Glycerine	Online Sources: Well Naturally Products Rainbow Meadow Jean's Greens or toll free 888-845-8327 Lorann Oils Soapcrafters
Grapefruit Seed Extract	GSE	Extracted from the seeds of grapefruits, a natural citricidal preservative. Can be used in many ways for household disinfection and can also be used as a preservative in soaps, toiletries and cosmetics. Online Sources: From Nature With Love
Graphite	Pencil Lead
Gum Arabic		See Arabic Gum Powder

Horse Hair	The hair of a horse	Primus, 10 S. Strawberry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-923-8090
Hydrochloric Acid	Muriatic Acid	(muratic acid; chlorohydric acid; hydrogen chloride) Dangerous, will react with water or steam to produce toxic or corrosive fumes. Precautions: Wear appropriate clothing such as, rubber gloves, aprons, and face-shield. Use in fume hood, avoid breathing in vapors. Always pour the acid into the water, when diluting. If permitted, dispose down the drain with running tap water, never pour an acid into the solvents bottle.
Hydrogen Peroxide	Peroxide	Available at any drug store
Hydrophyllic Gel	Soil moist	This is the stuff that goes inside neckerchiefs, etc. When wet, the crystals expand to a gel state and keep you cool in summer. Online source: Soil Moist

Iodine	Tincture of Iodine (4%)
Isopropyl alcohol	rubbing alcohol (70 - 99%)	Pharmacies, drug stores

Kerosene

Available at hardware stores

Laundry Bluing	Laundry whitener	Common brand - Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing. It is composed of a colloidal solution of Prussian Blue which is used as a blue pigment that makes fabrics that have yellowed or grayed turn white again. Online Source: www.grayandholt.com/stewart.htm
Lead Acetate	Sugar of Lead
Lead Tero-oxide	Red Lead
Lye		Available at most grocery stores, Brand name - "Red Devil Lye"

Magganese dioxide	dry cell battery (black powder)
Magnesium Carbonate		Stiffener, used in photo processing to stiffen bromoil inks. Online source: Bostick & Sullivan
Magnesium hydroxide	Milk of Magnesia
Magnesium Silicate	Talc
Magnesium Sulfate	Epsom Salt	Grocery stores or drug stores.
Methyl Salicylate	Winter Green Oil Sweet birch oil Teaberry oil;	Online Source: www.chemistrystore.com/methyl_salicylate.htm
Mosaic Tiles	Tiles	NASCO

Naphthalene	Mothballs
Nitrobenzene	Oil of Mirbane	Available at drug stores
Nitromethane	Racing fuel	Available at hobby shops

Oil of Mirbane		Available at drug stores
Orris Root		Often used as filler in potpourri. Online Sources: www.theflowerpetal.com/herb.htm www.wellnaturally.com/herbn-z.html
Oxalic Acid	H2C2O4·2H2O	A white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous acid, first discovered in the juice of the wood sorrel species of oxalis and obtained by reacting carbon monoxide with sodium hydroxide or certain carbohydrates with acids or alkalis: used chiefly for bleaching, as a cleanser, and as a laboratory reagent. Online Source: www.chemistrystore.com/oxalic_acid.htm Bostick & Sullivan

Phenol	Carbolic Acid
Phosphorus		Available at hobby shops (in small quantities), chemical supply companies
Pinecones	Hey, don't laugh, some of us live in the desert.	Online source: Rustic Craft Supplies
Potpourri Filler	Fixative, additive	Online source: Flower Petal's Filler
Potassium Carbonate	Cream of Tarter, Carbonic acid, dipotassium salt, Pearl ash, Potash, salt of wormwood, Dipotassium carbonate, Carbonate of Potash	Grocery stores as cream of tarter in spice section. In the wintertime in Germany and Scandinavia, this ingredient is used like baking soda to make traditional butter cookies crisp. Online sources: Tavolo, Everything for Cooks
Potassium Chlorate		Available at drug stores Online sources: Bostick & Sullivan
Potassium Chloride	Potash	Online sources: Bostick & Sullivan
Potassium Chromium Sulfate	Chromealum
Potassium Hydroxide	Caustic Potash, Potassium hydrate, Potash	Available in grocery stores as Lye/drain cleaners. Found in some of the photo solutions. Nearly identical properties to Sodium Hydroxide. Hazardous material! Online Sources: Bostick & Sullivan http://www.rainbowmeadow.com/soaptoilpricelist.html http://chemistrystore.com/potassium_hydroxide.htm
Potassium Nitrate.(Nitre)	Salt Peter	Hardware store.
Potassium Sorbate		Odorless, colorless, tasteless, and very inexpensive food additive that will inhibit & stop mold growth in high moisture foods -- especially after they have been sealed up in an air tight container. Some Health Food stores will carry potassium sorbate. Online Source: Lumen Foods, Lake Charles, LA

Quassia Amara

Simaruba, bitterwood, Palo Amargo, Quassia Amer

Recommended as a possible remedy for lice. Online Source: Well Naturally Herbs N-Z

Rice Powder		Used in beauty/skin care products. Online sources: www.ballbeauty.com www.ybskin.com/ www.foreveryoung.co.id/
Rubbing Alcohol	70% or 99% Isopropyl alcohol	Available at most grocery stores and drug stores

Salt Peter	Can refer to either Sodium or Potassium Nitrate.	Used for explosives and fertilizer, among other things. Saltpeter is also used as a sexual appetite suppressant, which makes it a useful item to have around the house. Available at drug stores.
Sea Salt	Bath Salts	See Bath Crystals.
Silica Gel	Hydrated Silica Silicic Acid or Amorphous Silicon Dioxide	Hydrated silica is a derivative of silica (silicon dioxide) an abundant compound that forms about 12% of the earth’s surface. Sand and obsidian are common forms of silica. In hydrated form, this ingredient is an odorless, tasteless white gelatinous substance which is chemically inert. Used in toothpaste, as a dessicant for absorbing moisture, such as when drying flowers. Available at many craft stores, Ames, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Joanne's Fabrics stores, floral supply stores and some nurseries.
Silver Nitrate		Colorless, coarse, crystalline powder. Used in the production of light sensitive silver halides for photography, mirror silvering, indelible inks. Can stain just about anything black. For more information, see www.bostick-sullivan.com/silver.htm. And this is an interesting discussion of the uses of silver nitrate vs. silver carbonate: www.potters.org/subject21971.htm. Online Source: Bostick & Sullivan
Soap Flakes		We are still trying to locate a source for soap flakes. Ivory Snow is no longer making soap flakes, just the detergent. An alternative for recipes calling for soap flakes is to shave or grate your own flakes using bars of ivory soap.
Sodium Bicarbonate	Baking Soda	Grocery stores.
Sodium Bisulfate	Sani-Flush (75%)	Grocery stores or drug stores.
Sodium Borate	Borax	Grocery stores or drug stores. (Look in laundry soap section)
Sodium Carbonate	Washing Soda	Grocery stores or drug stores.
Sodium Chlorate		Used in blow torches. Available at hardware store
Sodium Chloride	Table salt	Grocery stores.
Sodium Hydroxide	Caustic soda, sodium hydrate and lye	Available in grocery stores as Lye/drain cleaners. Found in some of the photo solutions. Nearly identical properties to Potassium Hydroxide Online Sources: Rainbow Meadow Bostick & Sullivan - Shipped as Hazmat -- Extra Charge
Sodium Hypochlorite	Bleach
Sodium Nitrate	Salt peter	Available at drug stores
Sodium Oxide	Sand
Sodium Silicate	Water Glass	An alkaline salt, prepared by calcining diatomaceous earth. quartz, or sand with sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate. The salt consists of varying proportions of sodium oxide and silica. such as Na2SiO3. Acts as a "binder", used in paper manufacture. Online Source: Chemistry Store Bostick & Sullivan
Sodium Sulfate	Glauber's Salt
Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate	Borax	Available in most grocery stores, look in laundry detergent section. Online Source: www.chemistrystore.com/borax.htm
Sodium Thiosulfate	Photographer's Hypo or Fix	Online Source: Bostick & Sullivan
Stearic Acid		Used as stiffener/hardener for candles and soaps. Online Source: www.the-sage.com/catalog/additives.html www.chemistrystore.com/stearic_acid.htm
Strontium chloride		Used in aquariums, available at pet supply stores, specialty aquarium stores. Online Source: (20% Solution) www.esvco.com/ESVPRICE.HTM#PROD2
Sulfuric Acid	Battery Acid	Oil of vitriol, dipping acid. A very powerful, acidic oxidizer which can ignite or even explode on contact with many materials, i.e. acetic acid, acetone+ HNOs, alcohols, + H202, NH4OH, HCL, NaOH, and others. Dangerous when heated, emits highly toxic fumes; will react with water or steam; can react with oxidizing or reducing materials.
Sucrose	Cane Sugar

Talc	Talcum Powder	A hydrous mineral consisting of magnesium-silicate (3MgO.4SiO2.H2O). Commercial talc is seldom if ever a pure mineral and therefore its physical and chemical properties usually vary over a relatively wide range. A commercial talc, such as soapstone, when ground into a very fine powder generally has a soft and greasy feel and is usually creamy to greenish-white in color. A good natural alternative to talc is arrowroot powder.
Tincture of Iodine	47% Alcohol, 4% Iodine	Grocery stores or drug stores.
Tripoli	Brown buffing compound	More information online: www.caswellplating.com/buffing.htm www.modernforage.com/tripoli.htm
Turkey Red Oil	Sulfated castor oil	Online Sources: www.wellnaturally.com/carrier.html www.exsites-ltd.com/mysweetvictoria/fixative.htm

Vinegar

3-5% Acetic Acid

Grocery stores

Waterglass	See Sodium Silicate
Water fountain pumps		See Fountain Pumps
Wax, Gel		See Candle Gel
Whiting	Chalk	White, powdery substance, prepared by grinding chalk or some other source of calcium carbonate. When mixed with linseed oil it forms putty, and with water and several other substances it constitutes whitewash. It is used as a pigment, called Spanish white, as a filler in paints, for polishing metalware, and for various other purposes.

Zinc Chloride	Tinner's Fluid	Available from feed and grain dealer
Zinc Sulfate	White Vitriol