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Atomic weights of Selected Elements

Molecular
Sr No. Name Symbol Formula Atomic Weight
Weight

1 Aluminium Al 26.98
2
3
4
5
6 Calcium Ca 40.08
7 Carbon C 12
8 Chlorine Cl Cl2 35.46 70.92 gas
9 Chromium Cr 52
10 Copper Cu 63.54
11
12
13
14 Fluorine F F2 19 38 gas
15
16
17 Gold Au 197
18
19
20 Hydrogen H H2 1 2 gas
21
22
23 Iron Fe 55.85
24
25
26 Lead Pb 207.2
27
28
29 Magnesium Mg 24.3
30 Mnganese Mn 54.94
31 Mercury Hg 200.6
32
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Atomic weights of Selected Elements

Molecular
Sr No. Name Symbol Formula Atomic Weight
Weight
34 Nickel Ni 58.7
35 Nitrogen N N2 14 28 gas
36
37
38 Oxygen O O2 16 32 gas
39
40
41
42 Phosphorus P 30.98
43 Potassium K 39.1
44
45
46 Silicon Si 28.09
47 Sodium Na 22.99
48 Sulphur S 32
49
50
51 Tin Sn 118.7
52 Titanium Ti 47.9
53
54
55 Zinc Zn 65.38

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Molecular Weights and Formulae of

Common Compounds
Molecular
Sr No. Name Common name Formula
Weight

1 Aluminium hydroxide gibbsite Al(OH)3 78

2 Aluminium oxide corrundum Al2O3 101.96
3 Aluminium silicate sillimanite Al2O. SiO2 162.04
4 Aluminium silicate mullite 3Al2O3.2SiO2 426.05
5 Tricalcium aluminate C3A Ca3Al2O3 270.2
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7
8
9
10 Calcium carbonate calcite CaCO3 100.09
11 Calcium chloride CaCl2 111
12 Calcium fluoride fluorite CaF2 78.08
13 Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 74.09
14 Calcium oxide CaO 56
15 Calcium magnesium dolomite CaCO3,MgCO3 184.4
16 carbonate
17 Tricalcium silicate alite C3S Ca3SiO5 228.32
18 Dicalcium silicate Belite C2S 2CaO.SiO2 172.24
19 Calcium sulphate anhydrite CaSO4 136.14
20 Calcium sulphate,
21 hemihydrate plaster of paris CaSO2.1/2H2OO 145.15
22 Calcium sulfate,
23 dihydrate gypsum CaSO4. 2H2O 172.17
24 Copper oxide cuprite Cu2O 143.08
25 Iron oxide haematite Fe2O3 159.69
26 Iron oxide magnetite Fe3O4 231.54
27 ferrous oxide FeO 71.84
28 Magnesium carbonate magnesite MgCO3 84.32
29 Magnesium oxide periclase MgO 40.3
30 Manganese dioxide pyrolusite MnO2 86.94
31 Nitrous oxide N2O 44
32 Nitric oxide NO 30
33 Nitrogen peroxide NO2 46

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Molecular Weights and Formulae of

Common Compounds
Molecular
Sr No. Name Common name Formula
Weight
34 Phosphorus pentoxide P 2O 5 142.1
35 Potassium oxide K 2O 94.2
36 Potassium carbonate K2CO3 138.2
37 Potassium chlorate KclO3 122.55
38 Potassium hydroxide KOH 56.1
39 Potassium nitrate saltpeter KNO3 101.1
40 Potassium sulphate K2SO4 174.3
41 Silicon dioxide quartz, silica SiO2 60.1
42 Sodium carbonate Na2CO3 106
43 Sodium chloride salt NaCl 58.4
44 Sodium silicate waterglass Na2O. X SiO2
45 Titanium dioxide rutile TiO2 79.9
46 Zinc oxide zincite ZnO 81.8

Source : Cement Manufacturers Hand book

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