| Common_Name | Chemical_Name | Chemical_Formula | Used_For | Specific_Density | Other_Characteristics |
| Anthraquinone | Anthraquinone | C14H8O2 | Added to white liquor (alkaline cooking liquor) to improve pulp yield and to increase the rate of delignification. | 1.44 | yellow crystalline powder |
| Anti-Foam/
Defoamer | | | To prevent foam (anti-foam) or to destroy it once it has formed (defoamer). | | Surface active, but highly insoluble in water. |
| Asbestine | Silicate of Magnesia | MgO-32%, SiO2-62% | It is used as a loading agent in paper manufacture, particularly for blotting papers and board. | 2.6 - 2.8 | A mineral compound of almost pure fibrous magnesium silicate, which possesses physical characteristics between those of talc and asbestos. |
| APE | Alkylphenol Ethoxylates | CH3(CH2)n(C6H4) (OCH2CH2)m-OH | Used as cleaning agents or surfactants | | |
| ASA | Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride | | Sizing | | |
| Barium Sulfate | Barium Sulfate | BaSO4 - 100% | Used as a pigment | 4.2-4.5 | White insoluble powder. |
| Barytes | Barium Sulfate | BaSO4 - 100% | Used as filler | 4.2-4.5 | |
| Blanc Fixe | Barium Sulfate | BaSO4 - 100% | Used as a base for watercolor pigments and as a filler in paper. | 4.2-4.5 | Powdered barium sulfate |
| CMC | Carboxy Methyl Cellulose | | Sizing | | |
| Caustic Lye or Caustic Soda or Lye | Sodium Hydroxide | NaOH | Pulping and to maintain pH | | |
| Chalk (Precipitated) | Precipitated Calcium Carbonate | CaCO3 - 100% | Filler particularly with acidic sizing. | 2.7-2.9 | High Brightness & Opacity |
| Chalk (French or Spanish) | Silicate of Magnesia | 4MgO+5SiO2+H2O; MgO - 33%; SiO2 62% | | 2.6-2.9 | A soft white compact talc |
| China Clay, Kaolin | Hydrated Silicate of Alumina | Al2O3-40%; SiO2-46%; H2O-13% | Filler, Coating | 2.4-2.7 | |
| Chlorine | Chlorine Dioxide | ClO2 | In Pulp Bleaching | 2.86 | |
| Dioxide | | | | | |
| Chlorine Gas | Chlorine | Cl2 | In Pulp Bleaching and water treatment | 2.86 | |
| Dolomite | Calcium Magnesium Carbonate | CaMg(CO3)2 | Filler, Coating | 2.86 | |
| DTPA | Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetate | | Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). | | |
| EDTA | Ethylene Diamine Tetra acetic Acid | | Used for chelation (removal of transition metals from pulp). | | |
| Guar Gum | Natural Polymer | | Dry Strength Additive | | cationic derivative |
| Gypsum or Mineral White | Natural Sulfate of Lime | CaSO4.2H2O | Gypsum board | 2.4 | |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | Hydrogen Peroxide | H2O2 | In Pulp Bleaching | 3.13-3.4 | |
| Lime | Calcium Oxide | CaO | Alkaline Pulping Process Chemical Recovery, Bleaching | 3.13-3.4 | |
| Lime Stone | Calcium Carbonate | CaCO3 | To make Lime Precipitated CaCO3 is used as Filler and in Coating | | |
| Magnesite | Magnesium Carbonate | MgCO3 -100% | | 2.5 | |
| Oxygen | Oxygen | O2 | In Pulp Bleaching | | |
| Ozone | Ozone | O3 | In Pulp Bleaching | | |
| Rosin | Abietic Acid | C19H29COOH | Sizing | | |
| Rosin Soap | Sodium Abietate | C19H29COONa | Sizing | | |
| Salt Cake | Sodium Sulfate | Na2SO4. 10H2O | Makeup chemical in sulfate pulping chemical recovery (Na2SO4. --- Na2S) | 2.4 | |
| Soda Ash | Sodium Carbonate | Na2CO3 | Makeup chemical in alkaline pulping chemical recovery (Na2CO3 +Ca(OH)2 --- 2NaOH+CaCO3) | 2.43-2.51 | |
| Sodium Dithionite | Sodium Hydrosulfite | Na2 O4 S2 | Bleaching | 2.20 | White crystalline powder with weak sulforous odor |
| Sodium Silicate | Sodium Silicate | Na2SO3 | In waste paper deinking for wetting, peptization, ink dispersion, peroxide | | |
| Starch | Comprised of glucose units linked together by oxygen bridges called glycosides | | Wet and dry end additive | | |
| Sulfur | Sulfur | S | To make HSO3 for bi-sulfite pulping | | |
| Titania | Titanium Dioxide | TiO2 | Filler to increase the opacity and brightness of paper. Used in coating also. | 3.84-4.26 | |
| Agalite or Talc | Silicate of Magnesia | MgO-32%, SiO2-62% | It gives paper a greasy or soapy feel. and enables it to take a high finish | 2.6 - 2.8 | A natural fibrous form of talc, gray in color. |
| AKD | Alkyl Ketene Dimer | | Sizing | | |
| Alum | Sulfate of Alumina | Al2(SO4)3.18H2O | For alkaline sizing along with Rosin | 1.62 | |
| Albarine | Natural Sulfate of Lime | CaSO4.2H2O - 100% | A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: building materials. | 2.4 | |
| Ammonium Zirconium Carbonate (AZC) | Ammonium Zirconium Carbonate | CH2O3NH3Zr | Used as in-solubilizer, crosslinker & hardener | 1.36 | AZC is a clear, usually colorless solution, having an odor of ammonia and a pH of approximately 9.5. As a carbonate, it will react with acids, and so should not be used in coating systems below pH 7. In storage, it is stable for up to six months. |