Common Acronyms
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.