Common Acronyms
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Here shall be an alphabetically sorted collection of commonly used acronyms (NOT chemical formulas) and slang prevalent on ScienceMadness and in the indiechem community.
Contents
A
AA—"Acetic acid" or "Acetic anhydride"
AgNTz—"Silver nitrotetrazole"
Amateur Chemistry—Those studying of chemistry as a hobby, usually at home.
AN—"Ammonium nitrate"
AP—"Ammonium perchlorate"
AQBC—"Aminoguanidine bicarbonate", see: Guanidine
ASA—"Acetylsalicylic acid"
ATz, sometimes 5-ATz, "5-Aminotetrazole"
B
C
CA—"Cyanuric acid"
CHP—"Copper hexamine perchlorate", a complex salt of copper(II)-, hexamine and perchlorate-ions. Term coined by Dr. Liptakov.
COPAE - "The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives" by Tenney L. Davis (Book)
D
DBX-1—"Copper(I) 5‐nitrotetrazolate", sometimes called "CuNTz" (this however is more of an inside joke by Tdep)
DCM—"Dichloromethane"
DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"
E
EM—"Energetic Materials"
ETN—"Erythritol tetranitrate"
F
G
GC—"Gun Cotton." See Nitrocellulose
H
HMTD—"Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine"
I
Indiechem—"Indie Chemistry;" another term for "amateur chemistry," coined by Texium
J
K
L
M
MEK—"Methyl ethyl ketone"
MEKP—"Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide"
N
NaNTz—"Sodium nitrotetrazole"
NC—"Nitrocellulose"
NM—"Nitromethane"
NQ—"Nitroguanidine"
O
P
PETN—"Pentaerythritol tetranitrate"
Q
R
RFNA—"Red fuming nitric acid", very concentrated nitric acid with a lot of NOx dissolved in it, which gives the acid a reddish color.
S
SADS—"Silver Acetylide Double Salt"
T
TATP—"Triacetone triperoxide." See: acetone peroxide
TACP or TACPs—"Tetraaminecopper(II) persulphate"
TACN—"Tetraaminecopper(II) nitrate"
TCCA—"Trichloroisocyanuric acid"
TNP—"Trinitrophenol" See: Picric acid
TNT—"Trinitrotoluene"
TNX—"Trinitroxylene"
U
UTFSE— "Use the f***ing search engine," generally used when the answer can be found quite easily with a simple search.
V
W
Whimsy— a subsection of the Science Madness forum dedicated to subjects unrelated to chemistry or indiechem.
WFNA—"White fuming nitric acid", very concentrated nitric acid with little to no NOx contamination.
