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'''AA'''—"[[Acetic acid]]" or "[[Acetic anhydride]]" | '''AA'''—"[[Acetic acid]]" or "[[Acetic anhydride]]" | ||
| − | '''Amateur Chemistry'''—Those | + | '''Amateur Chemistry'''—Those studying of chemistry as a hobby, usually at home. |
'''AN'''— "[[Ammonium nitrate]]" | '''AN'''— "[[Ammonium nitrate]]" | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 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"
Amateur Chemistry—Those studying of chemistry as a hobby, usually at home.
AN— "Ammonium nitrate"
ASA—"Acetylsalicylic acid"
B
C
D
DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"
E
EM—"Energetic Materials"
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
N
NC—"Nitrocellulose"
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
Whimsy— a subsection of the Science Madness forum dedicated to subjects unrelated to chemistry or indiechem.
