| 100 Parts of | Contain of the Alkalies | Contain of the Acids |
| Carbonate of Potash (Pearlash) | Potash | 68.09 | Carbonic | 31.91 |
| Bi-Carbonate of Potash (Saleratus) | do. | 51.62 | Carbonic | 48.38 |
| Nitrate of Potash (Saltpetre) | do. | 46.56 | Nitric | 53.44 |
| Silicate of Potash | do. | 50.54 | Silicic | 49.46 |
| Carbonate of Soda | Soda | 58.58 | Carbonic | 41.42 |
| Bi-Carbonate of Soda (Common Soda)[AR] | do. | 41.42 | Carbonic | 58.58 |
| Nitrate of Soda | do. | 36.60 | Nitric | 63.40 |
| Sulphate of Soda (Glauber Salts)[AR] | do. | 19.38 | Sulphuric | 24.85 |
| Silicate of Soda | do. | 40.37 | Silicic | 59.63 |
| Carbonate of Lime (Limestone) | Lime | 56.29 | Carbonic | 43.71 |
| Sulphate of Lime (Plaster Paris)[AR] | do. | 32.90 | Sulphuric | 46.31 |
| Sulphate of Lime (Burned) | do. | 41.53 | Sulphuric | 58.47 |
| Phosphate of Lime | do. | 54.48 | Phosphoric | 45.52 |
| Super-Phosphate of Lime | do. | 28.52 | Phosphoric | 71.48 |
| Silicate of Lime | do. | 38.15 | Silicic | 61.85 |
| Carbonate of Magnesia | Magnesia | 48.31 | Carbonic | 51.69 |
| Sulphate of Magnesia (Epsom Salts)[AR] | do. | 16.70 | Sulphuric | 32.40 |
| Silicate of Alumina | Alumina | 17.05 | Silicic | 72.95 |
| Sulphate of Iron (Green Vitriol)[AR] | Oxide of Iron | 27.19 | Sulphuric | 31.03 |