Compound

Compound

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Compounds are a type of item in Minecraft Education used in chemistry, which are created from combinations of various elements.

Obtaining

Compounds can be obtained from the Creative inventory or by creating them in the compound creator. This is done by inserting a certain number of elements corresponding to the compound's chemical formula.

List of compounds

Icon	Compound name	Compound recipe	Description	Uses
	Aluminium Oxide	23	Is only brown when dug up from the Earth and contaminated; actually white when pure. Can be electrolyzed to make aluminum metal. Also the main chemical in rubies and sapphires.	Used to craft hardened glass.
	Ammonia	3	a colorless highly irritating gas with a sharp suffocating odor. It dissolves easily in water to form ammonium hydroxide solution which can cause irritation and burns. Ammonia gas is easily compressed and forms a clear, colorless liquid under pressure. It is usually shipped as a compressed liquid in steel cylinders. Ammonia is not highly flammable, but containers of ammonia may explode when exposed to high heat.	Used to create super fertilizer.
	Barium Sulfate	4	Barium sulfate is a metal sulfate with formula BaSO4. Virtually insoluble in water at room temperature, it is mostly used as a component in oil well drilling fluid it occurs naturally as the mineral barite. It has a role as a radioopaque medium. It is a barium salt, a metal sulfate and an inorganic barium salt.
	Benzene	66	Benzene is a colorless liquid with a sweet odor. It evaporates into the air very quickly and dissolves slightly in water. It is highly flammable and is formed from both natural processes and human activities. Benzene is widely used in the United States; it ranks in the top 20 chemicals for production volume. Some industries use benzene to make other chemicals which are used to make plastics, resins, and nylon and synthetic fibers. Benzene is also used to make some types of rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides. Natural sources of benzene include volcanoes and forest fires. Benzene is also a natural part of crude oil, gasoline, and cigarette smoke.
	Boron Trioxide	23	Boron trioxide the oxide of boron with the formula B2O3. It is a colorless transparent solid, almost always glassy (amorphous), which can be crystallized only with great difficulty. It is also called boric oxide or boria. It has many important industrial applications, chiefly in ceramics as a flux for glazes and enamels and in the production of glasses.	Used to craft hardened glass.
	Calcium Bromide	2	Calcium bromide is a chemical compound of calcium and bromine. It can be found in drilling fluids, neuroses medication, freezing mixtures, food preservatives, photography and fire retardants.
	Crude Oil	920	C9H20 is the chemical formula for nonane. Nonane appears as a clear colorless liquid with a sharp odor. Flash point 86 °F. Insoluble in water and less dense than water. Contact may irritate eyes and possibly injury the cornea. May irritate skin. Vapor inhalation may cause irritation. Prolonged inhalation may lead to breathing difficulty. Ingestion causes abdominal discomfort, nausea and diarrhea.
	Glue (Cyanoacrylate)	552	C5H5NO2 is the chemical formula for methyl cyanoacrylate, one of the cyanoacrylate glues ("superglue"); its condensed formula is CH2=C(CN)COOCH3.
	Hydrogen Peroxide	22	Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula H2O2. In its pure form, it is a very pale blue liquid that is slightly more viscous than water. It is used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and antiseptic, usually as a dilute solution in water for consumer use and in higher concentrations for industrial use.	Used to craft glow sticks.
	Hypochlorite		In chemistry, hypochlorite, or chloroxide is an anion with the chemical formula ClO⁻. It combines with a number of cations to form hypochlorite salts. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite and calcium hypochlorite. The Cl-O distance in ClO⁻ is 1.69 Å.
	Iron Sulfide		Iron(II) sulfide or ferrous sulfide is one of a family of chemical compounds and minerals with the approximate formula FeS. Iron sulfides are often iron-deficient non-stoichiometric. All are black, water-insoluble solids.
	Latex(Cyclopentene)	58	C5H8 is the chemical formula for isoprene, which polymers are the main components of natural rubber; its condensed formula is CH2=C(CH3)−CH=CH2.	Used to craft balloons.
	Lithium Hydride		Lithium hydride is an inorganic compound with the formula LiH. This alkali metal hydride is a colorless solid, although commercial samples are grey. Characteristic of a salt-like hydride, it has a high melting point, and it is not soluble but reactive with all protic organic solvents.
	Luminol	8732	Luminol (C8H7N3O2) is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, with a blue glow, when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents, but insoluble in water. Forensic investigators use luminol to detect trace amounts of blood at crime scenes, as it reacts with the iron in hemoglobin. Biologists use it in cellular assays to detect copper, iron, cyanides, as well as specific proteins via western blotting. When luminol is sprayed evenly across an area, trace amounts of an activating oxidant make the luminol emit a blue glow that can be seen in a darkened room. The glow only lasts about 30 seconds, but can be documented photographically. The glow is stronger in areas receiving more spray; the intensity of the glow does not indicate the amount of blood or other activator present.	Used to craft glow sticks.
	Lye		Lye is an alkali metal hydroxide. Traditionally it was obtained by using rainwater to leach wood ashes, which are strongly alkaline and highly soluble in water, of their potassium hydroxide, producing lye water, a caustic basic solution.
	Magnesium Nitrate	26	Magnesium nitrate refers to inorganic compounds with the formula Mg(NO3)2x, where x = 6, 2, and 0. All are white solids. The anhydrous material is hygroscopic, quickly forming the hexahydrate upon standing in air. All of the salts are very soluble in both water and ethanol.
	Magnesium Oxide		Magnesium oxide is used for relief of heartburn and indigestion, as an antacid, magnesium supplement, and as a short-term laxative. It is also used to improve symptoms of indigestion. Side effects of magnesium oxide may include nausea and cramping.
	Polyethylene	1020	Polyethylene terephthalate, is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.	Used to craft glow sticks.
	Potassium Iodide		Potassium iodide (KI) is a type of iodine that is not radioactive. It can be used to help block one type of radioactive material, radioactive iodine, from being absorbed by the thyroid. In some radiation emergencies, radioactive iodine may be released into the environment and enter the body through breathing or eating.
	Soap	18352	C18H35NaO2 is the chemical formula of sodium stearate, the most common soap. Sodium stearate is the most common fatty acid salt in today's soaps. Common sources of the starting material, stearic acid, are vegetable triglycerides obtained from coconut and palm oils and animal triglycerides from tallow. The names stearic and stearate are derived from stéar, the Greek word for tallow.
	Sodium Acetate	232	Sodium Acetate is chemically designated CH3COONa, a hygroscopic powder very soluble in water. Sodium acetate could be used as additives in food, industry, concrete manufacture, heating pads and in buffer solutions. Medically, sodium acetate is important component as an electrolyte replenisher when given intravenously.	Used to create ice bomb.
	Sodium Fluoride		Sodium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula NaF. It is a colorless or white solid that is readily soluble in water. It is used in trace amounts in the fluoridation of drinking water to prevent tooth decay, and in toothpastes and topical pharmaceuticals for the same purpose.
	Sodium Hydride		Sodium hydride is the chemical compound with the empirical formula NaH. This alkali metal hydride is primarily used as a strong yet combustible base in organic synthesis. NaH is a saline hydride, composed of Na⁺ and H⁻ ions, in contrast to molecular hydrides such as borane, silane, germane, ammonia, and methane.

Icon	Compound	Chemical formula	Notes	Uses
	Sodium Hypochlorite		Sodium hypochlorite is an alkaline inorganic chemical compound with the formula NaOCl. It is commonly known in a dilute aqueous solution as bleach or chlorine bleach. It is the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, consisting of sodium cations and hypochlorite anions.	Used to create bleach.
	Sodium Oxide	2	Sodium oxide is a chemical compound with the formula Na2O. It is used in ceramics and glasses. It is a white solid but the compound is rarely encountered.
	Sulfate	4	Sulfate is a sulfur oxoanion obtained by deprotonation of both OH groups of sulfuric acid. It has a role as a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a cofactor. It is a sulfur oxoanion, a sulfur oxide, an inorganic anion and a divalent inorganic anion. It is a conjugate base of a hydrogensulfate.
	Water	2	H2O is an oxygen hydride consisting of an oxygen atom that is covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms It has a role as an amphiprotic solvent, a member of greenhouse gas, a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is an oxygen hydride, a mononuclear parent hydride and an inorganic hydroxy compound. It is a conjugate base of an oxonium. It is a conjugate acid of a hydroxide.

Chlorides

All chlorides (except salt) are used for crafting colored torches and sparklers.

Icon	Compound	Chemical formula	Notes	Uses
	Salt		Sodium chloride, commonly known as edible salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chlorine ions. It is transparent or translucent, brittle, hygroscopic, and occurs as the mineral halite.	Used to create heat block.
	Calcium Chloride	2	Calcium chloride is an inorganic compound, a salt with the chemical formula CaCl2. It is a white crystalline solid at room temperature, and it is highly soluble in water. It can be created by neutralising hydrochloric acid with calcium hydroxide.	Used to craft orange sparkler.
	Cerium Chloride	3	Cerium(III) chloride, also known as cerous chloride or cerium trichloride, is a compound of cerium and chlorine. It is a white hygroscopic salt; it rapidly absorbs water on exposure to moist air to form a hydrate, which appears to be of variable composition, though the heptahydrate CeCl3·7H2O is known.	Used to craft blue torch and blue sparkler.
	Mercuric Chloride	2	Mercury(II) chloride, historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2, used as a laboratory reagent. It is a white crystalline solid and a molecular compound that is very toxic to humans.	Used to craft red torch and red sparkler.
	Potassium Chloride		Potassium chloride is a medication used in the management and treatment of hypokalemia. It is in the electrolyte supplement class of medications. This activity outlines the indications, action, and contraindications for potassium chloride as a valuable agent in the management and treatment of hypokalemia.	Used to craft purple torch and purple sparkler.
	Tungsten Chloride	6	Tungsten hexachloride is an inorganic chemical compound of tungsten and chlorine with the chemical formula WCl6. This dark violet-blue compound exists as volatile crystals under standard conditions. It is an important starting reagent in the preparation of tungsten compounds.	Used to craft green torch and green sparkler.

Natural compounds

These are compounds which can be obtained naturally in Minecraft.

Icon	Compound	Chemical formula	Natural source	Method	Notes
	Charcoal	74	Logs or wood	Smelting	The chemical formula C7H4O is sometimes used to describe the approximate composition of charcoal.
	Ink Sac	4	Squids	Killing squids	FeSO4 is the chemical formula of iron(II) sulfate or ferrous sulfate, normally found complexed with water as a salt with the formula FeSO4·xH2O, and has been used in the manufacture of iron gall ink and other inks for centuries. In contrast, squid ink (and other cephalopod inks) is composed mainly of melanin and mucus, with an assortment of other compounds in a variety of concentrations dependent on the species.
	Sugar	6126	Sugar canes or honey bottles	Harvesting and crafting	C6H12O6 is the chemical formula of glucose and fructose, as well as a number of other simple sugars (common table sugar is instead sucrose, a complex sugar made of glucose and fructose with the chemical formula C12H22O11).

Garbage

Garbage is considered a "compound", but the only way to produce it is to activate the lab table when its inputs are an invalid recipe. It has no uses.

Usage

Certain compounds are used as ingredients in crafting or lab table experiments. Natural compounds have uses outside of chemistry, detailed in their respective articles.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Blue Torch or Red Torch or Purple Torch or Green Torch	Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride + Torch		Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌
Hardened Glass Pane	Aluminum Oxide + Glass Pane + Boron Trioxide	3	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Hardened Glass	Aluminum Oxide + Glass + Boron Trioxide	3	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Balloon	Latex + Matching Dye + Helium + Lead		‌
Hardened Stained Glass Pane	Aluminum Oxide + Matching Stained Glass Pane + Boron Trioxide	3333333333333333	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Hardened Stained Glass	Aluminum Oxide + Matching Stained Glass + Boron Trioxide	3333333333333333	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Sparkler	Chloride + Magnesium + Stick		Calcium Chloride: Orange Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green
White Balloon or Blue Balloon or Brown Balloon or Black Balloon	Latex + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Helium + Lead		‌
White Glow Stick or Blue Glow Stick or Brown Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌
White Glow Stick or Gray Glow Stick or Brown Glow Stick or Red Glow Stick or Orange Glow Stick or Yellow Glow Stick or Lime Glow Stick or Green Glow Stick or Cyan Glow Stick or Light Blue Glow Stick or Blue Glow Stick or Purple Glow Stick or Magenta Glow Stick or Pink Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌

Chloride coloring

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Blue Torch or Red Torch or Purple Torch or Green Torch	Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride + Torch		Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌
Hardened Glass Pane	Aluminum Oxide + Glass Pane + Boron Trioxide	3	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Hardened Glass	Aluminum Oxide + Glass + Boron Trioxide	3	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Balloon	Latex + Matching Dye + Helium + Lead		‌
Hardened Stained Glass Pane	Aluminum Oxide + Matching Stained Glass Pane + Boron Trioxide	3333333333333333	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Hardened Stained Glass	Aluminum Oxide + Matching Stained Glass + Boron Trioxide	3333333333333333	A representation of alumino-borosilicate glass.‌
Sparkler	Chloride + Magnesium + Stick		Calcium Chloride: Orange Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green
White Balloon or Blue Balloon or Brown Balloon or Black Balloon	Latex + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Helium + Lead		‌
White Glow Stick or Blue Glow Stick or Brown Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌
White Glow Stick or Gray Glow Stick or Brown Glow Stick or Red Glow Stick or Orange Glow Stick or Yellow Glow Stick or Lime Glow Stick or Green Glow Stick or Cyan Glow Stick or Light Blue Glow Stick or Blue Glow Stick or Purple Glow Stick or Magenta Glow Stick or Pink Glow Stick	Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌

Lab table ingredient

Result	Materials needed
Bleach
	Water ×3, Sodium Hypochlorite ×3
Heat Block
	Iron, Water, Charcoal, Salt
Ice Bomb
	Sodium Acetate ×4
Super Fertilizer
	Ammonia, Phosphorus
Magnesium Salts
	Magnesium, Salt

Sounds

Sounds are produced when a lab table creates garbage.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a lab table creates garbage	random.fizz	1.0	0.5/0.7
	Hostile Creatures	When a lab table creates garbage	mob.blaze.shoot	1.0	0.8/1.0
	Blocks	When a lab table creates garbage	random.explode	1.0	0.4/0.6
	Sound	When a lab table creates garbage	lt.reaction.fire	2.0	0.4/0.6
	Weather	When a lab table creates garbage	ambient.weather.lightning.impact	1.0	0.6/0.8

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Compound	compound	594	Item	item.compound.salt.name item.compound.sodiumoxide.name item.compound.sodiumhydroxide.name item.compound.magnesiumnitrate.name item.compound.ironsulfide.name item.compound.lithiumhydride.name item.compound.sodiumhydride.name item.compound.calciumbromide.name item.compound.magnesiumoxide.name item.compound.sodiumacetate.name item.compound.luminol.name item.compound.charcoal.name item.compound.sugar.name item.compound.aluminumoxide.name item.compound.borontrioxide.name item.compound.soap.name item.compound.polyethylene.name item.compound.garbage.name item.compound.magnesiumsalts.name item.compound.sulfate.name item.compound.bariumsulfate.name item.compound.potassiumchloride.name item.compound.mercuricchloride.name item.compound.ceriumchloride.name item.compound.tungstenchloride.name item.compound.calciumchloride.name item.compound.water.name item.compound.glue.name item.compound.hypochlorite.name item.compound.crudeoil.name item.compound.latex.name item.compound.potassiumiodide.name item.compound.sodiumfluoride.name item.compound.benzene.name item.compound.ink.name item.compound.hydrogenperoxide.name item.compound.ammonia.name item.compound.sodiumhypochlorite.name

Item data

Compounds uses the following data values:

	DV	[hide]Description
	0	Salt
	1	Sodium oxide
	2	Sodium hydroxide
	3	Magnesium nitrate
	4	Iron sulfide
	5	Lithium hydride
	6	Sodium hydride
	7	Calcium bromide
	8	Magnesium oxide
	9	Sodium acetate
	10	Luminol
	11	Charcoal (unused)
	12	item.compound.sugar.name (unused)
	13	Aluminum oxide
	14	Boron trioxide
	15	Soap
	16	Polyethylene
	17	Garbage
	18	Magnesium Salts
	34	item.compound.ink.name (unused)
	38	item.compound..name (unused)
	39	item.compound..name (unused)
	40	item.compound..name (unused)
	41+	item.compound..name (unused)

History

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Added Compounds
							Charcoal, ink sacs, and sugar are now also compounds.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of charcoal, ink sacs, and sugar have been changed.
1.16.0							All compounds have been made unobtainable. It is unknown whether it is a glitch or intended. MCPE-113776
1.17.0							All compounds are obtainable once again.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.21				All compounds now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.0.27							Added compounds.
							Charcoal, ink sacs, and sugar are now also compounds.
1.12.0							The textures of charcoal, ink sacs, and sugar have been changed.
1.21.03			Preview 1.21.01.0				All compounds now appear in the Creative inventory.

Issues

Issues relating to "Compound" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Unused compound textures

In the chemistry resource pack folder, there are numerous compound textures which are not used in the game. Note: a compound item with a data value of 38 has the Blue Flask texture and is called item.compound..name. On realms the salt compound is called Ivory Tusk.

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  Flask

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  Black Flask

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  Blue Flask

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  Brown Beaker

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  Brown Flask

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  Dark Gray Beaker

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  Dark Gray Flask

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  Dark Gray Jar

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  Green Beaker

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  Green Flask

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  Green Jar

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  Indigo Beaker

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  Indigo Flask

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  Indigo Jar

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  Light Gray Beaker

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  Light Gray Flask

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  Orange Beaker

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  Orange Flask

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  Orange Jar

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  Purple Beaker

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  Purple Flask

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  Purple Jar

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  Red Beaker

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  Red Flask

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  Red Jar

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  White Flask

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  Yellow Flask

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  Bleach

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A compound creator in using 5 carbon and 8 hydrogen to create latex.

See also

• Compound Creator
• Crafting
• Element Constructor
• Lab Table
• Brewing Stand
• Brewing
• Crafting Table