Scientific Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Symbols 1-500 Flashcards
(500 cards)
1
Q
ampere; alanine; adenine (in genetic code)
A
A
2
Q
ångström
A
Å
3
Q
absorbance; area; Helmholtz energy; mass number
A
A
4
Q
Hall coefficient
A
AH
5
Q
atomic weight (relative atomic mass)
A
Ar
6
Q
atto (SI prefix for 10–18)
A
a
7
Q
absorption coefficient; acceleration; activity; van der Waals constant
A
a
8
Q
Bohr radius
A
a0
9
Q
acetoacetanilide
A
AAA
10
Q
2-aminoadipic acid
A
Aad
11
Q
2-(acetylamino)fluorene
A
AAF
12
Q
aminoacetonitrile
A
AAN
13
Q
acetaldehyde oxime
A
AAO
14
Q
atomic absorption spectroscopy
A
AAS
15
Q
abscisic acid; acrylonitrile-butadiene acrylate
A
ABA
16
Q
abequose
A
Abe
17
Q
α-acetylbutyrolactone
A
ABL
18
Q
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer
A
ABS
19
Q
absolute
A
abs
20
Q
2-aminobutanoic acid
A
Abu
21
Q
acetyl; acetate
A
Ac
22
Q
alternating current
A
ac, AC
23
Q
acetylacetone
A
ACAC
24
Q
2-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)amino]ethanesulfonic acid
A
Aces
25
acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene copolymer
ACS
26
activated complex theory
ACT
27
adrenocorticotropic hormone
ACTH
28
analog to digital
A/D
29
adamantyl
Ad
30
[(carbamoylmethyl)imino]diacetic acid
Ada
31
adenine
Ade
32
acceptable daily intake
ADI
33
adenosine
Ado
34
adenosine diphosphate; ammonium dihydrogen phosphate
ADP
35
adsorption
ads
36
appearance energy
AE
37
eon (109 years)
ae
38
1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine
AEP
39
2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol
AEPD
40
atomic emission spectroscopy; Auger electron spectroscopy
AES
41
audio frequency
AF
42
atomic force microscopy
AFM
43
2-aminohexanoic acid
Ahx
44
artificial intelligence
AI
45
2,2’-azobis[isobutyronitrile]
AIBN
46
5-amino-1*H*-imidazole-4-carboxamide
AICA
47
atoms in molecules (method)
AIM
48
aluminum isopropoxide
AIP
49
Alfén number
*Al*
50
alanine
Ala
51
alcohol
alc
52
atomic layer epitaxy
ALE
53
aliphatic
aliph.
54
alkaline
alk.
55
allose
All
56
altrose
Alt
57
amplitude modulation
AM
58
amyl
Am
59
amorphous solid
am
60
acrylate maleic anhydride terpolymer
AMA
61
acrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer
AMMA
62
adenosine monophosphate
AMP
63
2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol
AMPD
64
accelerator mass spectrometry
AMS
65
amyltrichlorosilane [trichloropentylsilane]
AMTCS
66
atomic mass unit (recommended symbol is u)
amu
67
acetonitrile; acrylonitrile
AN
68
anhydrous
anh, anhyd
69
analysis of variance
ANOVA
70
antilogarithm
antilog
71
1-naphthalenylthiourea
ANTU
72
atomic orbital
AO
73
angular overlap model
AOM
74
ethylene-propylene copolymer
AP
75
3-acetylpyridine adenine dinucleotide
APAD
76
acetyl *p*-amino phenol (acetaminophen)
APAP
77
2-aminopentanoic acid
Ape
78
atmospheric pressure ionization
API
79
apiose
Api
80
atomic probe microanalysis
APM
81
2-aminopimelic acid
Apm
82
amorphous polyolefin
APO
83
atmospheric pressure photoionization
APPI
84
appearance potential spectroscopy; adenosine phosphosulfate
APS
85
augmented plane wave
APW
86
aqueous
aq
87
aryl
Ar
88
arabinose
Ara
89
arabinitol
Ara-ol
90
arginine
Arg
91
angular resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
ARPES
92
acrylonitrile styrene copolymer
AS
93
acetylsalicylic acid; acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylonitrile block copolymer
ASA
94
4-(acetylamino)benzenesulfonyl chloride
ASC
95
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII
96
aromatic stabilization model
ASE
97
asparagine
Asn
98
aspartic acid
Asp
99
atomization
at
100
4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxlic acid
ATCP
101
*N*-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester
ATEE
102
adsorption thin layer chromatography
ATLC
103
standard atmosphere
atm
104
adenosine triphosphate
ATP
105
attenuated total internal reflection
ATR
106
atomic weight
at.wt.
107
astronomical unit (ua is also used); polyurethane
AU
108
area under the time-concentration curve
AUC
109
average
av
110
avoirdupois
avdp
111
bel; asparagine or aspartic acid (unspecified)
B
112
magnetic flux density; second virial coefficient; susceptance
*B*
113
barn
b
114
van der Waals constant; molality
*b*
115
benzyladenine
BA
116
British anti-Lewisite [2,3-dimercapto-1-propanol]
BAL
117
benzo[a]pyrene
BAP, BaP
118
bar (pressure unit)
bar
119
barrel
bbl
120
benzyl butyl phthalate
BBP
121
bromocresol blue
BCB
122
body centered cubic
bcc
123
bioconcentration factor
BCF
124
bromocresol green
BCG
125
bis(chloromethyl) ether
BCME
126
*N*,*N’*-bis(2-chloroethyl)-*N*-nitrosourea
BCNU
127
bromocresol purple
BCP
128
bromochlorophenol blue
BCPB
129
1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethanol
BCPE
130
Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (theory)
BCS
131
bond dissociation energy
BDE
132
butyldiethanolamime
BDEA
133
benzyldimethylamine
BDMA
134
Baumé
Bé
135
bond energy bond order (method)
BEBO
136
biological exposure index
BEI
137
biological effect monitoring
BEM
138
2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol
BEP
139
2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethanesulfonic acid
Bes
140
Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (isotherm)
BET
141
billion electronvolt
BeV
142
butyl glycidyl ether
BGE
143
*tert*-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole
BHA
144
benzene hexachloride [hexachlorobenzene]
BHC
145
Brinell hardness number
Bhn
146
butylated hydroxytoluene [2,6-di-*tert*-butyl-4-methylphenol]
BHT
147
biot
Bi
148
*N,N*-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine
Bicine
149
blackbody infrared radiative dissociation
BIRD
150
2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol
Bistris
151
1,3-bis[tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamino]propane
Bistris-propane
152
γ-butyrolactone
BLO
153
bond number; benzonitrile
BN
154
nuclear backscattering spectroscopy
BNS
155
Born-Oppenheimer (approximation); bond order
BO
156
biochemical oxygen demand
BOD
157
β-hydroxynaphthoic acid
BON
158
base peak (in mass spectrometry); benzo[a]pyrene
BP
159
boiling point; base pair
bp
160
bromophenol blue
BPB
161
2,3-bis(phospho)-*D*-glycerate
BPG
162
β-propiolactone
BPL
163
benzoyl peroxide
BPO
164
2,2’-bipyridine
bpy
165
becquerel
Bq
166
butyryl
Br
167
bond resonance energy
BRE
168
5-bromouridine
BrUrd
169
Birge-Sponer extrapolation
BS
170
back scattered electron(s)
BSE
171
basis set superposition error
BSSE
172
1,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene
BTMSA
173
British thermal unit
Btu
174
benzene, toluene, and xylene
BTX
175
butyl
Bu
176
bushel
bu
177
butyl vinyl ether
BVE
178
benzoyl
Bz
179
benzyl
Bzl
180
coulomb; cysteine; cytosine (in genetic code)
C
181
degree Celsius
°C
182
capacitance; heat capacity; number concentration
*C*
183
centi (SI prefix for 10–2); combustion reaction
c
184
amount concentration; specific heat; velocity
*c*
185
speed of light in vacuum
*c*0
186
collisional activation; cellulose acetate
CA
187
approximately
ca.
188
cellulose acetate butyrate
CAB
189
computer-assisted drug design
CADD
190
calorie
cal
191
calculated
calc
192
adenosine cyclic 3’,5’-(hydrogen phosphate)
cAMP
193
ceric ammonium nitrate
CAN
194
carbon fiber
CAR
195
coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
CARS
196
complete active space
CAS
197
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number
CASRN
198
computerized axial tomography; clear air turbulence
CAT
199
chemical beam epitaxy
CBE
200
complete basis set (of orbitals)
CBS
201
coupled cluster; combustion calorimetry
CC
202
cubic centimeter
cc
203
charge-coupled device
CCD
204
circular dichroism
CD
205
candela; condensed (phase)
cd
206
2-chloro-*N,N*-diallylacetamide
CDAA
207
complete neglect of differential overlap
CDNO
208
cytidine 5’-diphosphate
CDP
209
1,5,9-cyclododecatriene
CDT
210
(1,2-cyclohexylenedinitrilo)tetraacetic acid monohydrate
CDTA
211
charge density waves
CDW
212
cohesive energy density
CED
213
channel electron multiplier
CEM
214
counter electrophoresis
CEP
215
coupled electron-pair approximation
CEPA
216
compare
cf.
217
chlorofluorocarbon compound
CFC
218
cubic feet per minute
cfm
219
carbon reinforced plastics
CFRP
220
centimeter-gram-second system
cgs
221
3-[3-(cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid
Chaps
222
2-(*N*-cyclohexylamino)ethanesulfonic acid
Ches
223
coupled Hartree-Fock (method)
CHF
224
chlorophyll
Chl
225
choline
Cho
226
1,3,5-cycloheptatriene
CHT
227
curie
Ci
228
configuration interaction; chemical ionization; color index
CI
229
charge-injection device; collision-induced dissociation
CID
230
chemically induced dynamic electron polarization
CIDEP
231
chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization
CIDNP
232
countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis
CIE
233
circular
cir
234
Cotton-Kraihanzel force field
CKFF
235
cathode luminescence (spectroscopy)
CL
236
central limit theorem
CLT
237
centimeter
cm
238
center of mass
c.m.
239
carboxymethylcellulose
CMC
240
critical micelle concentration
c.m.c.
241
canonical molecular orbital
CMO
242
cytidine 5’-monophosphate; chemical measurement process
CMP
243
coordination number; cellulose nitrate
CN
244
complete neglect of differential overlap
CNDO
245
Cowling number
*Co*
246
cycloolefin copolymer
COC
247
chemical oxygen demand; 1,4-cyclooctadiene
COD
248
concentrated; concentration
conc
249
constant
const
250
crystal orbital overlap population
COOP
251
cosine
cos
252
hyperbolic cosine
cosh
253
correlation spectroscopy
COSY
254
1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene
COT
255
cotangent
cot
256
hyperbolic cotangent
coth
257
chemically pure
CP
258
cyclopentadienyl
Cp
259
pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
Cp\*
260
centipoise
cP
261
candle power
cp
262
coherent potential approximation
CPA
263
centrifugal partition chromatography
CPC
264
contact potential difference
cpd
265
chlorinated polyethylene
CPE
266
circular polarization of luminescence
CPL
267
chlorophenol red
CPR
268
cycles per second
cps
269
charge conjugation/space inversion/time inversion (theorem)
CPT
270
central processing unit
CPU
271
chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride)
CPVC
272
chloroprene rubber (neoprene)
CR
273
crystalline (phase)
cr, cryst
274
charge remote fragmentation
CRF
275
constitutional repeating unit (in polymer nomenclature)
CRU
276
camphorsulfonic acid
CSA
277
cosecant
csc
278
charge stripping reaction
CSR
279
charge transfer
CT
280
carat
ct
281
cellulose triacetate
CTA
282
conventional transmission electron microscopy
CTEM
283
chlorotrifluoroethylene
CTFE
284
cytidine 5’-triphosphate
CTP
285
controlled thermonuclear reaction
CTR
286
cubic
cu
287
cyclic voltammetry
CV
288
chemical vapor deposition
CVD
289
continuous wave
cw
290
hundredweight (112 pounds)
cwt
291
cyclohexyl
Cy
292
cysteic acid
Cya
293
cytidine
Cyd
294
cylinder
cyl
295
cysteine
Cys
296
cytosine
Cyt
297
debye unit; aspartic acid
D
298
diffusion coefficient; dissociation energy; electric displacement
*D*
299
day; deuteron; deci (SI prefix for 10–1)
d
300
distance; density; dextrorotatory
*d*
301
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2,4-D
302
digital to analog
D/A
303
dalton
Da
304
donor-acceptor (complex)
DA
305
deka (SI prefix for 101)
da
306
diacetone alcohol
DAA
307
4-(dimethylamino)azobenzene
DAB
308
2,4-diaminobutanoic acid
Dab
309
*trans*-1,2-diaminocyclohexane
DACH
310
diallyl isophthalate plasticizer
DAIP
311
diammonium phosphate
DAP
312
direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry
DART
313
decibel
dB
314
dibenz[a,h]anthracene; dibenzylamine
DBA
315
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
DBCP
316
dibenzyl ethylene diamine
DBED
317
dibutyl maleate
DBM
318
2,4-di-*tert*-butyl-5-methylphenol
DBMC
319
database management system
DBMS
320
dibutyl phthalate; 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol
DBP
321
2,6-di-*tert*-butyl-*p*-cresol
DBPC
322
direct current
dc, DC
323
dicyanobenzene
DCB
324
4,4’-dichlorobenzophenone
DCBP
325
dichloroethyl ether
DCEE
326
dicyclohexylamine
DCHA
327
dichloromethane
DCM
328
2,6-dichloro-4-nitrophenol
DCNP
329
2,4-dichlorophenol
DCP
330
dicyclopentadiene
DCPD
331
4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane
DDM
332
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DDT
333
delocalization energy; delayed extraction
DE
334
*N,N*-diethylaniline; diethanolamine
DEA
335
decyl
Dec
336
decomposes
dec
337
diethyltoluamide [*N,N*-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide]
DEET
338
degree
deg
339
diethyl ketone
DEK
340
density
den
341
2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol
DEP
342
diethyl sulfate
DES
343
desorption electrospray ionization (in mass spectrometry)
DESI
344
determinant
det
345
deviation
dev
346
density functional theory
DFT
347
2-deoxyglucose
dGlc
348
2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid
DHBA
349
dehydroheliotridine
DHH
350
dehydroretronecine
DHR
351
dihydrouridine
DHU
352
desorption ionization
DI
353
diameter
diam
354
diisobutyl adipate
DIBA
355
diisobutyl ketone
DIBK
356
dilute; dilution
dil
357
diatomics in molecules (method); digital imaging microscopy
DIM
358
diisopropanolamine
DIPA
359
decimeter
dm
360
*N,N*-dimethylaniline
DMA
361
4-(dimethylamino)azobenzene
DMAB
362
*N,N*-dimethylacetamide
DMAC
363
*N,N*-dimethylethanolamine
DMAE
364
7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
DMBA
365
1,2-dimethoxyethane
DME
366
*N,N*-dimethylformamide
DMF
367
dimethyl phthalate
DMP
368
dimethyl sulfide
DMS
369
dimethyl sulfoxide
DMSO
370
dimethyl terephthalate; dimethyl tartrate
DMT
371
donor number
DN
372
deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
373
deoxyribonuclease
DNase
374
1,3-dinitrobenzene
DNB
375
dynamic NMR spectroscopy
DNMR
376
dinitropyrene
DNP
377
dodecyl
Dod
378
dioctyl phthalate
DOP
379
density of states; digital operating system; dioctyl sebacate
DOS
380
dozen
doz
381
degree of polymerization
DP, d.p.
382
diphenylamine
DPA
383
*N,N*’-diphenylguanidine
DPG
384
displacement
dpl
385
2,6-diaminopimelic acid
Dpm
386
disintegrations per minute
dpm
387
disintegrations per second
dps
388
*N,N*’-diphenylurea
DPU
389
dram
dr
390
Dewar resonance energy
DRE
391
2-deoxyribose
dRib
392
diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform
DRIFT
393
dynamic reaction path
DRP
394
diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
DRS
395
degree of substitution
DS
396
differential scanning calorimetry
DSC
397
differential thermal analysis
DTA
398
di-*tert*-butyl peroxide
DTBP
399
divinylbenzene
DVB
400
dyne
dyn
401
double-zeta (type of basis set)
DZ
402
exa (SI prefix for 1018); glutamic acid
E
403
electric field strength; electromotive force; energy; Young’s modulus of elasticity; entgegen (*trans*configuration)
*E*
404
Hartree energy
*E*h
405
electron; base of natural logarithms
e
406
elementary charge; linear strain
*e*
407
electron affinity
EA
408
ethylene acrylic acid copolymer; ethyl acetoacetate
EAA
409
ethyl amyl ketone (3-octanone)
EAK
410
effective atomic number
EAN
411
ethyl cellulose
EC
412
electron capture dissociation
ECD
413
effective core potential
ECP
414
electron cyclotron resonance
ECR
415
ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer
ECTFE
416
electron diffraction
ED
417
energy dispersive analysis by x-rays
EDAX
418
ethylene dibromide [1,2-dibromoethane]
EDB
419
ethylene dichloride [1,2-dichloroethane]
EDC
420
estimated daily intake
EDI
421
energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
EDS
422
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EDTA
423
ethylene-ethyl acetate copolymer
EEA
424
ethyl 2-ethoxy-1(2*H*)-quinolinecarboxylate
EEDQ
425
environmental exposure level
EEL
426
electron energy loss spectroscopy
EELS
427
excitation emission spectrum
EES
428
empirical force field
EFF
429
energy factored force field
EFFF
430
equilibrium in the gas phase
EG
431
evolved gas analysis
EGA
432
Einstein-Guth-Gold equation
EGG
433
extended Hückel molecular orbital (theory)
EHMO, EHT
434
electron impact mass spectrometry
EIMS
435
electron impact spectroscopy; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
EIS
436
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ELISA
437
energy loss spectroscopy
ELS
438
extended molarity; electron microscopy
EM
439
ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer
EMAC
440
electromotive force
emf
441
electron probe microanalysis
EMPA, EMA
442
electromagnetic unit system
emu
443
ethylenediamine
en
444
electron-nuclear double resonance
ENDOR
445
equation of state
EOS
446
epoxy resin
EP
447
electron photodetachment spectroscopy
EPDS
448
ethylene-propylene copolymer
EPM
449
electron paramagnetic resonance; ethylene propylene rubber
EPR
450
expanded polystyrene
EPS
451
Provisional Low Temperature Scale of 1976
EPT-76
452
dipropylcarbamothioic acid, *S*-ethyl ester
EPTC
453
electron probe x-ray microanalysis
EPXMA
454
equation
eq, eqn
455
quadrupole coupling constant
*eqQ*
456
error function
erf
457
erg (energy unit)
erg
458
equilibrium in solution
ES
459
electrostatic energy analyzer
ESA
460
electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
ESCA
461
electron stimulated desorption
ESD
462
estimated standard deviation
e.s.d.
463
electrospray ionization
ESI
464
electron spin resonance
ESR
465
estimated
est
466
electrostatic unit system
esu
467
ephemeris time; electron transfer
ET
468
ethyl
Et
469
electrothermal analysis
ETA
470
ethylene tetrafluoroethylene polymer
ETFE
471
ethanolamine
Etn
472
ethylene oxide
ETO
473
electron tunneling spectroscopy
ETS
474
ethylene thiourea
ETU
475
polyether polyurethane
EU
476
Euler number
*Eu*
477
entropy unit
e.u.
478
electronvolt
eV
479
ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
EVA
480
ethyl vinyl ether
EVE
481
extended x-ray absorption fine structure (spectroscopy)
EXAFS
482
extended energy loss fine structure
EXELFS
483
exponential function
exp
484
experimental
expt
485
external
ext
486
farad; phenylalanine
F
487
degree Fahrenheit
°F
488
Faraday constant; force; angular momentum
*F*
489
formation reaction; femto (SI prefix for 10–15)
f
490
activity coefficient; aperture ratio; focal length; force constant; frequency; fugacity
*f*
491
fast atom bombardment
FAB
492
flavine adenine dinucleotide
FAD
493
high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry
FAIMS
494
flowing afterglow – selected ion-flow tube
FA-SIFT
495
face centered cubic
fcc
496
field desorption
FD
497
free electron laser
FEL
498
field emission microscopy
FEM
499
free electron molecular orbital
FEMO
500
fluorinated ethylene propylene
FEP
