Oil of Vitriol is an old name for sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
Sulfuric acid's structural formula is:
Blue vitriol is an obsolete name for copper(II) sulphate - CuSO4.
Oil of Vitriol (also known as sulfuric acid) is mainly used for car batteries, ore processing, fertilizer manufacturing, oil refining, wastewater processing and chemical synthesis. But the main use is in car batteries. The chemical formula of oil of vitriol is H2SO4.Source: Wickipedia
Sulfuric acid, when super concentrated, is called oil of vitriol, or simply oil vitriol.
"Sulfuric acid." If you're looking for an archaic name, "vitriol" or "oil of vitriol." If you are looking for the name of the Industrial concentrated form, it is "Oleum" which is Latin for oil.
CuSO4.5H2O
Blue vitriol is a compound. It has molecular formula CuSO4.7H2O.
In the eighteenth century, sulfuric acid was made from green vitriol. the sulfuric acid thus formed has a oily appearance. so it was name as the oil of vitriol.
Oil of vitriol - it is an archaic name for sulphuric acid
Common names in formulae are the IUPAC names given to all substances so that people who speak different languages can be able to tell the formula. For example if someone said to measure 100mls of oil of vitriol, most people wouldn't know what it was but to give it it's IUPAC name of sulphuric acid, everyone would be able to do the instruction.
Oil of vitriol.
Sulphuric acid.
The chemical formula for blue vitriol (copper sulphate pentahydrate) is CuSO4.