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"
ASA—"Acetylsalicylic acid"
B
C
D
DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"
E
EM—"Energetic Materials"
F
G
H
HMTD—"Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine"
I
J
K
L
M
N
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.
