Statistics for Chemical Formulas to Names

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Chemical Formula	Hint	Name	% Correct
CO2	A main contributor to global warming	Carbon Dioxide	98%
H2O	A universal solvent in chemistry	Water	98%
NaCl	You'll find lots of it in the Dead Sea	Sodium Chloride	97%
CO	The Silent Killer	Carbon Monoxide	93%
HCl	You'll find it in your stomach	Hydrochloric Acid	86%
Fe2O3	Evidence of an aging car, for example	Iron (II) Oxide	85%
O3	Earth's sunscreen?	Ozone	81%
C10H14N2	Very addictive chemical found in cigarettes	Nicotine	78%
NaOH	Commonly used as a drain cleaner	Sodium Hydroxide	78%
C8H10N4O2	Stimulant found in coffee and energy drinks	Caffiene	76%
H2SO4	A car battery's best friend	Sulfuric Acid	76%
C6H8O6	A lack of it causes scurvy	Ascorbic Acid	75%
NaClO	For use on white clothes only!	Sodium Hypochlorite	73%
NH3	A very smelly ingredient in fertilizers	Ammonia	71%
CH4	Major component of natural gas	Methane	71%
N2O	A gas that will crack you up, maybe	Dinitrogen Monoxide	59%
C2H5OH	D.U.I. Culprit	Ethanol	56%
H2O2	Common disinfectant	Hydrogen Peroxide	56%
NaHCO3	One component of a science-fair volcano	Sodium Bicarbonate	53%
C12H22O11	For some people, a necessity in coffee	Sucrose	49%