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.

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"

D

DDT—"Deflagration to detonation transition" OR "Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane"

E

EM—"Energetic Materials"

G

GC—"Gun Cotton." See Nitrocellulose

H

HMTD—"Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine"

I

Indiechem—"Indie Chemistry;" another term for "amateur chemistry," coined by Texium

K

Kewls

N

NC—"Nitrocellulose"

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.

W

Whimsy— a subsection of the Science Madness forum dedicated to subjects unrelated to chemistry or indiechem.