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'''AA'''—"[[Acetic acid]]" or "[[Acetic anhydride]]" | '''AA'''—"[[Acetic acid]]" or "[[Acetic anhydride]]" | ||
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| + | '''AgNTz'''—"Silver nitrotetrazole" | ||
'''Amateur Chemistry'''—Those studying of chemistry as a hobby, usually at home. | '''Amateur Chemistry'''—Those studying of chemistry as a hobby, usually at home. | ||
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'''ASA'''—"[[Acetylsalicylic acid]]" | '''ASA'''—"[[Acetylsalicylic acid]]" | ||
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| + | '''AQBC'''—"Aminoguanidine bicarbonate", see: [[Guanidine]] | ||
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| + | '''ATz''', sometimes '''5-ATz''', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-Aminotetrazole "5-Aminotetrazole"] | ||
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== C == | == C == | ||
== D == | == D == | ||
| − | '''DDT'''—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration_to_detonation_transition "Deflagration to detonation transition"] OR [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"] | + | '''DBX-1'''—"Copper(I) 5‐nitrotetrazolate", sometimes called "CuNTz" (this however is more of an inside joke by Tdep) |
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| + | '''DDT'''—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration_to_detonation_transition "Deflagration to detonation transition"] OR [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT | ||
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| + | "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"] | ||
== E == | == E == | ||
'''EM'''—"Energetic Materials" | '''EM'''—"Energetic Materials" | ||
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| + | '''ETN'''—"[[Erythritol tetranitrate]]" | ||
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| + | '''MEK'''—"[[Methyl ethyl ketone]]" | ||
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| + | '''MEKP'''—"[[Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide]]" | ||
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| + | '''NaNTz'''—"Sodium nitrotetrazole" | ||
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'''NC'''—"[[Nitrocellulose]]" | '''NC'''—"[[Nitrocellulose]]" | ||
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| + | '''NM'''—"[[Nitromethane]]" | ||
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| + | '''NQ'''—"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroguanidine Nitroguanidine]" | ||
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== P == | == P == | ||
| + | '''PETN'''—"[[Pentaerythritol tetranitrate]]" | ||
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== T == | == T == | ||
'''TATP'''—"Triacetone triperoxide." See: [[acetone peroxide]] | '''TATP'''—"Triacetone triperoxide." See: [[acetone peroxide]] | ||
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| + | '''TNP'''—"Trinitrophenol" See: [[Picric acid]] | ||
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| + | '''TNT'''—"[[Trinitrotoluene]]" | ||
== U == | == U == | ||
'''UTFSE'''— "Use the f***ing search engine," generally used when the answer can be found quite easily with a simple search. | '''UTFSE'''— "Use the f***ing search engine," generally used when the answer can be found quite easily with a simple search. | ||
Revision as of 12:55, 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.
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"
ASA—"Acetylsalicylic acid"
AQBC—"Aminoguanidine bicarbonate", see: Guanidine
ATz, sometimes 5-ATz, "5-Aminotetrazole"
B
C
D
DBX-1—"Copper(I) 5‐nitrotetrazolate", sometimes called "CuNTz" (this however is more of an inside joke by Tdep)
DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
"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
S
SADS—"Silver Acetylide Double Salt"
T
TATP—"Triacetone triperoxide." See: acetone peroxide
TNP—"Trinitrophenol" See: Picric acid
TNT—"Trinitrotoluene"
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.
