Difference between revisions of "Common Acronyms"

Revision as of 06:13, 15 February 2019

Here shall be an alphabetically sorted collection of commonly used acronyms (NOT chemical formulas) and slang prevalent on ScienceMadness and in the indiechem community.

A

AA—"Acetic Acid" or "Acetic anhydride"

ASA—"Acetylsalilcylic acid"

B

C

D

DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"

E

EM—"Energetic Materials"

F

G

H

HMTD—"Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine"

I

J

K

Kewls

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

SADS—"Silver Acetylide Double Salt"

T

TATP—"Triacetone triperoxide." See: acetone peroxide

U

UTFSE— "Use the f***ing search engine," generally used when the answer can be found quite easily with a simple search.

V

W

X

Y

Z