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• WYU — What You Use
• RXNS — Reactions
• PRDCT — Product
• ABF — Ajinomoto Build-up Film
• PPO — PolyPhenolic Oxidase
• SEBS — Styrene Ethylene Butylene Styrene
• PR5 — Potasium Robudium Five
• PPC — Preparative Paper Chromatography
• M3/H — Cubic Meters per Hour
• PPT. — parts per thousand
• PPM — Pollution of Pure Materials
• POT — Potion Of Thought
• POUCG — Point-Of-Use Chemical Generation
• POD — Preferred Organic Digester
• POM — Properties Of Matter
• POPS — Publically Owned Point Sources
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• NH2 — amidogen
• NORM — Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
• SIS — Styrene Isoprene Styrene Block Copolymer
• ICP-OES — Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• OER — Oxygen Evolution Reaction
• MSD — Mean Square Displacement
• AA — Acetic Acid
• AFFF — Aqueous Film Forming Foam
• MM — Millimeter
• R12 — Dichlorodifluoromethane
• DLC — Diamond-Like Carbon
• CACO3 — Calcium Carbonate
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• A-BOMB — Atomic Bomb
• ZNSO4 — Zinc Sulfate
• PNPC — P-NitroPhenyl esters of Caporate
• FRS — Free Radical Scavenger
• LD50 — Lethal Dose 50 (median concentration of a toxicant that will kill 50% of the test animals within a designated period)
• QC — Quality Control
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• PC/ABS — Polycarbonate/Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
• PNA — Positive/Negative Anomaly
• PNPB — P-NitroPhenyl Butryate
• PETG — Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• SCC — Stress Corrosion Cracking (corrosion mechanism)
• PHV — PHoto Voltaic
• PNA — P-Nitro-Anilide
• APCVD — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
• MG — Magnesium
• PNP — p-NitroPhenol (C6H5NO3)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• NAC — Naphthenic Acid Corrosion

• MGSO4 — magnesium sulfate
• NDELA — N-nitrosodiethanolamine
• ABS — Acrylonitrile, Butadiene, and Styrene
• OAC — Acetoxy functional group
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• AES — Auger Electron Spectroscopy
• ASA — Acetylsalicylic Acid
• D — Day
• RHS — Right Hand Side
• MALLS — Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• PSR — Pressure-State-Response
• IDMS — Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
• GAP — Gallium Phosphide
• ORR — Oxidation Reduction Reaction
• CA — Calcium
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• NBO — Natural Bond Orbital
• TSS — Total Suspended Solids
• CTC — Carbon Tetrachloride Chemical
• MPH — Miles Per Hour
• RF — Radio Frequency
• SCR — Selective Catalytic Reduction
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• BP — Boiling Point
• AN — Ammonium Nitrate
• ELO — Electric Light Orchestra
• D5% — Dextrose 5%
• ACC — American Chemistry Council
• DB — Decibel
• COD — Chemical Oxygen Demand
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• PLGA — PolyLactide Glycolic Acid
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• A/CNK — Al2O3/( CaO Na2O K2O) ( Shands Index)
• LOD — Limit Of Detection
• C — Cytosine
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• MFD — Molecular Frequency Discriminator
• DMK — DiMethyl Ketone
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• IPA — Isopropyl Alcohol
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• AA — Amino Acid
• NAOH — Sodium Hydroxide
• SQ — Square
• KERD — Kinetic Energy Release Distribution
• VAC — Vacuum
• NM — Nanometer
• LME — Liquid Metal Embrittlement
• BST — Barium Strontium Titanate

• ANA — Antinuclear Antibody
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• PDMAEMA — Poly((2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)
• COSHH — Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK)
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• NB — Niobium
• KG — Kilogram
• NAPQI — N-Acetyl-P-Benzoquinone Imine
• CW — Chemical Warfare
• RA — Radium
• LTE — Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• P — Pressure
• LDH — Lactate dehydrogenase
• HPLC — High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• TAN — Tangent
• TPA — Tissue Plasminogen Activator
• CM — Centimeter
• YD — Yard
• C2H5OH — Ethanol
• NTC — Negative Temperature Coefficient
• O — Oxygen
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• PD — Potential Difference
• TRP — Tryptophan
• AL — Aluminium
• ZSM-5 — Zeolite Socony Mobil #5
• HV — High Voltage
• C — Coulomb
• FRAP — Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
• NBR — Nitrile Butadiene Rubber
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• PK — Covalent Disassociation Constant
• P — Phosphorus
• HCA — hydroxycarbonate apatite
• CHG — Chlorhexidine Gluconate
• MRM — Multiple Reaction Monitoring
• SL — Sea Level
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• NL — No Limit
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• µ — Micro
• CMP — Chemical Mechanical Planarization
• HGB — Hemoglobin
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• L — Liter
• E — Energy
• BE — Beryllium
• HCL — Hydrochloric Acid

• CML — Chemical Markup Language
• EVA — Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
• N2H2 — hydrazine
• CR — Chromium
• PMG — Potentiated Magnesium
• PE — Polyethylene
• QT — Quart
• PVA — Polyvinyl Alcohol
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• FOS — Fructo-Oligosaccharides
• YB — Ytterbium
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• MCT — Medium Chain Triglyceride
• B2O3 — Boric Oxide
• PAI — Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor
• EGO — Exhaust-Gas Oxygen
• FIGE — Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• J — Joule
• IQ — Information Quality
• ATM — Atmosphere
• SDS — Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
• CD — Cadmium
• P — Proton
• ACN — Acetonitrile
• ITO — Indium Tin Oxide
• I — Iodine
• SE — Selenium
• FAC — Free Available Chlorine
• P — Peta-
• PEG — Polyethylene Glycol
• PMN — Lead-Magnesium-Niobium (Pb-Mg-Nb)
• MFO — Mixed Function Oxidase
• ☉ — gold
• PM — proactinium
• B[A]P — Benzo[a]pyrene
• SCE — Saturated Calomel Electrode
• LF — Low Frequency
• PT — Platinum
• PAGE — Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• TOC — Total Organic Carbon
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• FP — Freezing Point
• NA — Nucleic Acid
• PL — Photo Luminscence
• MS — Millisecond
• WPP — Whatman PolyPropylene
• H — Hydrogen
• EPA — Eicosapentaenoic Acid

• PENIS — Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy
• ADA — Adenosine Deaminase
• RUBISCO — Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase
• O3 — Ozone
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• PHBV — Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• GI — Galvanized Iron
• HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
• BA — Barium
• GE — Germanium
• SAR — Structure-Activity Relationship
• PPM — parts per million
• DL — Deciliter
• PGA — Polyglycolic Acid
• MWCNT — Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube
• KCL — Potassium Chloride
• G/DL — grams per deciLiter
• AR — Argon
• GAG — Glycosaminoglycan
• HRA — Health Risk Assessment
• G-HMQC — gradient-selected Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Coherence
• TLC — Thin Layer Chromatography
• RNS — Reactive Nitrogen Species
• EM — Electromagnetic
• W — Watt
• NI — Nickel
• ASP — Aspartate
• PILP — Polymer-Induced Liquid Precursor
• PPT — polypropylene terephthalate
• NICI — Negative Ion Chemical Ionization (mass Spectrometry)
• PG — Propylene Glycol
• G — Giga-
• EG — Ethylene Glycol
• MBS — methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene
• S2PUL — Standard 2-PULse Sequence
• UP — Unsaturated Polyester
• PEO — Polyethylene Oxide
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• LIT — Linear Ion Trap
• HB — Hemoglobin
• BZP — Benzylpiperazine
• NCE — New Chemical Entity
• VLDPE — Very Low Density Polyethylene
• F — Femto- (10^-15, SI Prefix)
• RO — Reverse Osmosis
• AKT — All Kinds of Things
• HL — Half Life
• PH — Probable Helium
• CO — Cobalt

• SCI — Science
• RT — Reverse Transcription
• Y — Yttrium
• DTT — Dithiothreitol
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• PC — Polycarbonate
• LN — Liquid Nitrogen
• SOD — Superoxide Dismutase
• CPK — Creatinine Phosphokinase
• SXS — Sodium Xylene Sulfonate
• IPN — Interpenetrating Polymer Network
• WFI — Water For Injection (pharmaceutical Term)
• CPT — Current Procedural Terminology
• CAB — Cellulose Acetate Butyrate
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• C-ZRO2 — Cubic ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE
• TAN — Total Acid Number
• WV — Water Vapor
• LD — Lethal Dose
• S — Sulfur
• DOB — 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Bromoamphetamine
• E1520 — Propylene glycol
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• RB — Rubidium
• S2PULR — Standard 2-PULse Sequence in Reverse Configuration
• EIS — Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
• ASR — Alkali-Silica Reaction
• GAD — Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase
• PCR — Polymerase Chain Reaction
• E/VAC — Ethylene/Vinyl Acetate Copolymer
• D — Aspartic Acid
• FCS — Fire Control System
• CEC — Cation Exchange Capacity
• HAP — Hazardous Air Pollutant
• SI — Silicon
• CHEM — Chemistry
• PSTM — Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• DHA — Docosahexaenoic Acid
• E — Edge
• NADP — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
• RDX — Research Department eXplosive
• IAQ — Indoor Air Quality
• PES — Polyethersulfone
• CLA — Conjugated Linoleic Acid
• PIB — PolyIsoButylene
• RPR — Rapid Plasma Reagin
• CI — Curie
• G — Guanine
• °R — degrees Rankine

• VOL — Volume
• EU — Europium
• PET — Polyethylene Terephthalate
• MF — Melamine-Formaldehyde
• ER — Erbium
• MIC — Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
• E — Electron
• PTA — Purified Terephthalic Acid
• PCV — Pressure Control Valve
• CTAB — Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide
• HEU — Highly Enriched Uranium
• ORP — Oxidation-Reduction Potential
• MP — Medium Pressure
• GD — Gadolinium
• P — Pico-
• QUISTOR — Quadrupole ion storage trap
• MO — Molecular Orbital
• DART — Direct Analysis in Real Time
• DEP — Dielectrophoresis
• AMMA — Acrylonitrile-Methyl Methacrylate
• NO — Nobelium
• SUMS — Shuttle Upper Atmosphere Mass Spectrometer
• TICC — Total Ion Current Chromatogram
• IRS — Indoor Residual Spraying
• AMP — Adenosine Monophosphate
• TPE — Thermoplastic Elastomer
• PXY — Para-XYlene
• CGE — Computable General Equilibrium
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• LEP — Large Electron Positron
• NE — Neon
• TN — Total Nitrogen
• ER — Electron Reflectometer
• PVK — Polyvinyl Carbazole
• MA — Milliampere
• TI — Titanium
• K — Kilo-
• MO — Molybdenum
• UF — Urea/Formaldehyde
• BI — Bismuth
• GI — Glycemic Index
• YF3 — Yttrium Fluoride
• HCL — Hardware Compatibility List
• XEBR — Xenon Bromine
• N — Nitrogen
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• U4EA — Erowid 4-Methylaminorex
• PFA — Perfluoroalkoxy
• BTEX — Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene
• RH — Rhodium

• CHP — Chemical Hygiene Plan
• ACD — Atmospheric Chemistry Division
• BAL — British Anti-Lewisite
• FR — Francium
• IT — Ion Trap
• A — Atomic Mass
• INGAN — Indium Gallium Nitride
• RTP — Room Temperature and Pressure
• PA — Polyamide
• B — Boron
• LA — Lanthanum
• S.G. — specific gravity
• MO — Metal Oxide
• MA — Maleic Anhydride
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• COD — Capacity On Demand
• RTK — Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
• SLP — Sea Level Pressure
• WATERGATE — WATER suppression by GrAdient Tailored Excitation
• D2PUL — Standard 2-PULse with Decoupler as Transmitter
• V8P — Vaporizer
• OS — Osmium
• CE — Cerium
• TH — Thorium
• NES — Nuclear Export Signal
• GLI — Grand Luxe Injection
• CIDNP — Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
• FCC — Face-Centered Cubic
• LT — Low Temperature
• WF — White Female
• GP — Glycoprotein
• TE — Tellurium
• PO — Polonium
• AC — Actinium
• PDMS — Plasma Desorption Mass Spectrometry
• BPA — Bisphenol A
• TC — Technetium
• SNP — Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
• CI — Chemical Ionization
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• AM — Americium
• CS — Cesium
• CWT — Continuous Wavelet Transform
• MN — Manganese
• A — Atomic
• EPI — Epinephrine
• MCL — Maximum Contaminant Level
• RCO — Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer
• IR — Iridium
• QDCI — Quinonedichlorodiimide

• APEO — alkylphenol ethoxylates
• OH — Hydroxide
• PCC — Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
• PPS — Polyphenylene Sulfide
• HR — Hour
• PAI — Polyamide-Imide
• PD — Palladium
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• M-ZRO2 — Monoclinic ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE
• AAV — Air Admittance Valve
• SFC — Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
• AS — Arsenic
• TDI — Tolerable Daily Intake
• BCC — Body-Centered Cubic
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• CPAC — Center for Process Analytical Chemistry
• NACL — Sodium Chloride
• HA — Hyaluronic Acid
• PE — Potential Energy
• HRSG — Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• VU — Volume Unit
• DCM — Dichloromethane
• AT — Astatine
• LCP — Liquid Crystal Polymer
• SR — Strontium
• NN — Nearest Neighbor
• FI — Field Ionization
• OH — Alcohol
• LSA — Low Specific Activity
• M — Molarity
• PAEK — Polyaryletherketone
• HCA — Hydroxycitric Acid
• LA — Linoleic Acid
• VV — Vibo Valentia
• CGR — Condensate Gas Ratio
• R-# — Refrigerant number
• PEX — Cross-linked Polyethylene
• LI — Lithium
• PA# — PolyAmide polymer number
• GCF — Gas Correction Factor
• CCR — Continuous Catalyst Regeneration
• CN — Cellulose Nitrate
• IR — Infrared
• FVP — Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis
• GY — Gray
• PSSC — Progress in Solid State Chemistry
• MTAP — Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase
• IHC — Immunohistochemistry
• ACB — Association for Clinical Biochemistry
• MSG — Monosodium Glutamate

• RTM — Read the manual (meaning «don’t ask stupid questions before read existing information»)
• ND — Neodymium
• C — Carbone
• GT — Greater Than
• DPTD — Design Pressure and Temperature Diagram
• ML — milliliter; 1/1000 liter
• LCS — Laboratory Control Sample
• CLC — Cholesteric-Liquid-Crystal
• U/PB — uranium/lead
• FCC — Food Chemical Codex
• DQCOSY — Double-Quantum Filtered COSY
• HCT — Hydrochlorothiazide
• CB — Conduction Band
• DMI — Dry Matter Intake
• PVD — Physical Vapor Deposition
• PTMT — polytetramethylene terephthalate
• DON — Deoxynivalenol
• AA — Activation Analysis
• MIG — Metal Inert Gas
• SC — Scandium
• DIN — Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen
• RSPM — Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter
• ZBDII — Zinc Binding Domain 2
• BOV — Blow Off Valve
• HF — Hafnium
• HVLP — high volume, low pressure
• VHN — Vickers Hardness Number
• PVT — Pressure, Volume, Temperature
• GTN — Glyceryl Trinitrate
• EAP — Electroactive Polymer
• DLS — Dynamic Light Scattering
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• PM — Plasma Membrane
• QS — Quicksilver
• SM — Samarium
• MX — Mixer
• TLME — alpha-tosyl-L-lysine methyl ester
• OM — Organic Matter
• ZBZ-50 — Zinc diBenZyldithiocarbamate
• HTH — High Test Hypochlorite
• CL — Chlorine
• DOE — Design Of Experiment
• HO — Holmium
• HAZMAT — Hazardous Material
• SAN — Styrene Acrylonitrile
• MIN — Minimum
• COV — Composés Organiques Volatiles
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• SPM — Suspended Particulate Matter
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)

• TPU — Thermoplastic Urethane
• HEDP — 1-Hydroxy Ethylidene-1,1-Diphosphonic Acid
• IP — Immunoprecipitation
• PET-G — Glycol Modified Polyethylene Terephthalate
• T-ZRO2 — Tetragonal ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE
• ZBDI — Zinc Binding Domain 1
• CN — Cyanide
• SHE — Standard Hydrogen Electrode
• NG — Natural Gas
• WCS — Worst Case Scenario
• POM — Polyoxymethylene
• PAN — Polyacrylonitrile
• UEQ/L — Microequivalents per Liter
• TEA — Triethanolamine
• ACN — acrylonitrile
• NV — Non-Volatile
• VCSEL — Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
• ASR — Analyte Specific Reagent
• UNS — Unnilseptium
• MNT — Molecular Nanotechnology
• BK — Berkelium
• TB — Terbium
• PDCAAS — protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score
• JPTS — Jet Proppelant Thermally Stabilized
• BE — Base Excess
• IN — Indium
• N — Neutron
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• SBC — Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer
• PT — Phase Transition
• ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
• MUA — 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid
• ABA — Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Acrylate
• LAB — Linear Alkyl Benzene
• NA24 — Radioactive Sodium
• HFA — HydroFluoroAlkane
• ROI — Radius Of Influence
• DM — Dry Matter
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• BFR — Brominated Flame Retardant
• RVD — Regulatory Volume Decrease
• PR — Praseodymium
• CG — Centigram
• QP — Quantization Parameter
• ALKP — Alkaline Phosphatase
• OP — Organophosphate
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• REMPI — Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (for Mass Spectrometry)
• WAC — Weak Acid Cation
• NOS — Nitric Oxide Synthase

• APT — Attached Proton Test
• CN — Coordination Number
• DVC — Diablo Valley College
• Y — Yotta-
• TCE — Trichloroethane
• PBD — Polybutadiene
• MH — Metal Halide
• SDW — Spin-Density Wave
• G — Graphite
• BHA — Beta Hydroxy Acid
• VSS — Volatile Suspended Solid
• LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
• PT — Pressure Transducer
• AMPA — Alpha-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-4-Isoxazole Propionic Acid
• CHO — Carbohydrate
• LU — Lutetium
• ZSM — Zeolite Socony Mobil
• IMS — Industrial Methylated Spirit
• WP — White Phosphorus (ammunition)
• ICAT — isotope coded affinity tag
• RE — Rare Earth
• JAK — Janus Kinase
• OVA — Organic Vapor Analyzer
• OI — Oxygen Index
• TM — Transition Metal
• TSP — Trisodium Phosphate
• ATCO — Ambient Temperature Catalytic Oxidizer
• OXY — Oxygen
• IE — Ionization Energy
• PSU — Polysulfone
• DEPT — Distortionless Enhancement By Polarization Transfer
• SF — Safety Factor
• SRM — Selected Reaction Monitoring
• FCC — Fluid Catalytic Cracking
• VBGQ — Vacuum- Brazed Gas- Quenched
• R — Radiancy
• TMS — Tetramethylsilane
• HDPE — High Density Polyethylene Electrical
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• IK — Inverse Kinematics
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• BH — Bohrium
• EXSY — Exchange Spectroscopy
• Y — Yocto
• ACD — Advanced Chemistry Development
• MOP — Muriate of Potash
• KMT — Kinetic Molecular Theory
• OP — Oxidative Phosphorylation
• CDA — Clean Dry Air
• PEKK — Polyetherketoneketone

• MBR — Membrane Bio-Reactor
• PD — Positive Displacement
• SCS — Single-Crystal Silicon
• JAICI — Japan Association for International Chemical Information
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• APR — Air Purifying Respirator
• TGA — Thermogravimetric Analysis
• Z — Zetta-
• LTE — Liquid Tension Experiment
• EET — Excitation Energy Transfer
• MPI — Multiphoton Ionization
• IH — Induction Heating
• OSL — Optically Stimulated Luminescence
• MAX — Maximum
• MC — Methylene Chloride
• EI — Electron Impact
• LOD — Loss on Drying
• BO2 — Butane Oxygen 2
• PHA — Polyhydroxyalkanoate
• NTP — normal temperature and pressure
• CRC — Chemical Rubber Company
• CCL — Contaminant Candidate List
• SI — Silicon Image, Inc
• NP — Neptunium
• ACID — Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability
• HCA — Heterocyclic Amine
• HBD — Hydrogen Bond Donor
• SD — Structured Design
• LSA — Lysergic Acid Amide
• AICC — Adiabatic Isochoric Complete Combustion
• TLE — Two Line Elements
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• K — Potassium
• TMC — Thick Molding Compound
• MTPD — Metric Tons Per Day
• ITRAQ — Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation
• CC — Cubic Centimeter
• LR — Lawrencium
• MM — Molar Mass
• FD — Field Desorption
• SOF — Soluble Organic Fraction
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• TCH — Thiocarbohydrazine
• EPI — Environmental Performance Indicator
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• HS — Hassium
• PBTIO3 — lead titanate
• ALA — low-alpha linolenic acid
• VC — Vinyl Chloride
• CHI — Cationic Hydration Interlink

• EAM — Embedded Atom Method
• SPH — Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
• WP — White Phosphorous
• DAPPI — Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization
• CCL — Computational Chemistry List
• SI — Saturation Index
• HCOOH — formic acid
• BF — bergaptene free
• DAP — Diammonium Phosphate
• AADC — amino acid decarboxylase
• DB — Dubnium
• ULDPE — Ultra Low Density Polyethylene
• CYA — Cyanuric Acid
• BHN — Brinell Hardness Number
• TS — Temperature Sensitive
• IMF — Intermolecular Forces
• PEP — Phosphoenolpyruvate
• PAC — Powdered Activated Carbon
• HCB — Hexachlorobenzene
• TM — Thulium
• LASCO — Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph
• JSR — Jet Stirred Reactor
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• SFC — Spot Forming Cell
• OP — Osmotic Pressure
• TS — Total Solids
• DS — Darmstadtium
• NI — Nickel Institute
• PB — Polybutylene
• EBT — Eriochrome Black T indicator
• EAA — Ethylene Acrylic Acid
• FAD — Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
• MDA — Methylenedianiline
• VMD — Visual Molecular Dynamics
• MD — Mendelevium
• TD — Thermal Desorption
• JOC — Journal of Organic Chemistry
• RPM — Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
• HNE — 4-Hydroxy-Trans-2-Nonenal
• TC — Transmission Convergence (ATM)
• UCK — Universal Chemical Key
• KHP — Potassium Acid Phthalate
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• IWFNA — Inhibited White Fuming Nitric Acid
• VCM — Vinyl Chloride Monomer
• AR — Analytical Reagent
• ICP-AES — Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
• TPM — Total Particulate Matter
• VCE — Vapor Cloud Explosion
• FM — Fermium

• RNT — Residual Nitrogen Time
• RAI — Radioactive Iodine
• RTO — Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer
• OAA — oxaloacetic acid
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• PP — Polypropylene
• CBO — Carbon Black Oil
• CECT — Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology
• NCS — N-Chlorosuccinimide
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• ACS — acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene styrene
• CBR — Chemical Biological Radiological
• ECCE — Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment
• KH2PO4 — Potassium Phosphate Monobasic
• ZSV — Zero Shear Viscosity
• DIPA — Diisopropanolamine
• PPB — Potassium Phosphate Buffer
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• DWB — Dry Weight Basis
• CJ — cytochalasin J
• C — Celsius
• IG — Inert Gas
• CBN — Cubic Boron Nitride
• MIMS — Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry
• GA — Gauge
• VT — Viscous Traction
• HOCO — Highest Occupied Crystal Orbital
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• KA — Acid Dissociation Constant
• CAD — Collisionally Activated Dissociation
• AAAD — Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase
• FAB — Fast Atom Bombardment (mass Spectrometry)
• SDI — Serial Digital Interface
• SE — Self-Emulsifying
• TMSOTF — trimethylsilyl triflate
• QMS — Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• OAA — Oxaloacetate
• TZP — Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal
• BOP — Basic Oxygen Process
• ADP — Adenosine Diphosphate (RN 58-64-0)
• QFEC — Quantitative Formalin Ethyl acetate Concentration
• DEET — N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide
• PBAN — Polybutadiene Acrylonitrile (Propellant)
• ZB — Zinc Blende
• EPR — Ethylene-Propylene Rubber
• LDI — laser desorption/ionization
• TP — Transition Point
• SATP — Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure
• SHS — Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide

• AP — Appearance Potential
• GEP — Good Engineering Practice
• PAS — Polyarylsulfone
• OD — Optical Density
• TTFD — Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide
• SOC — Synthetic-Organic Compound
• EE — Ether Extract
• WATWHAT — Wax appearance Temperature
• UVS — Ultraviolet Spectrometer
• IRMPD — Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• ALDH — Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
• CP — Chemically Pure
• CAM — Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
• QIT — Quadrupole Ion Trap
• ITRAQ — isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation
• HT — Heat Treatment
• NCT — NARTE Certified Technician
• 183 — Atomic number for Unocttrium
• LDA — Lithium diisopropylamide
• G — Gram (g)
• GBB — Gas Blow Back
• NOESY — Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy
• BTTN — 1,2,4-ButaneTriol TriNitrate
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• QS — Quantum Sufficit
• PVOH — Polyvinyl Alcohol
• RDX — Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
• HA — Hahnium
• XUM — X-ray Ultra-Microscope
• SNAP — S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine
• PV — Pore Volume
• DRI — Direct Reduced Iron
• ACPD — Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
• E — Experiment
• T — Time
• SIO2 — Silicon Di- Oxide
• EAS — Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
• H2SO4 — Sulfuric acid (not an acronym)
• NS — Normal Saline (IV)
• CCAI — Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index
• V-A — Group 5-A (Nitrogen group) of the periodic table
• IE — Inert Electrolyte
• NDT — Nil Ductility Transition
• INRTG — Inert Gas
• MFG — Molecular Frequency Generator
• PRV — Pressure Relief Valve
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• XPS — Expandable Polystyrene

• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• IOCB — Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
• RAPDF — Residue-specific all-Atom conditional Probability Discriminatory Function
• AMA — Acrylate Maleic Anhydride
• FFFP — Film-Forming FluoroProtein
• CU — Copper (Latin Cuprum)
• NE — Nuclear Energy
• NQO1 — NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1
• KN3 — Potassium azide
• PSO — polysulfone
• YZN — Yellow ZiNc dichromate
• CTA — Cellulose Triacetate
• TPE-O — Thermoplastic Elastomer - Olefinic
• TCV — Temperature Control Valve
• REQ — Require
• PBN — PolyButylene Naphthalate
• SAC — Strong Acid Cation
• POP — Persistent Organic Pollutant
• COPP — co-polymer polypropylene
• PBB — Polybrominated Biphenyl
• CSM — Control Strip Module
• DADI — Direct Analysis Of Daughter Ions
• E- — Electron
• VHP — Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
• DNDH — Di-methyl amino-Naphthalin-1,2-Di-carbonic acid Hydrazide
• CFA — Cetylated Fatty Acid
• CEP — Center of Electron Production
• AP MALDI — Atmospheric Pressure Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
• HOH — Hydrogen Hydroxide
• LDPE — Low Density Polyethylene
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• PBS — Polybutadiene Styrene
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• ACFB — Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized-Bed
• NCL — National Chemical Laboratory, India
• AVR — Acidification Volatilization Reneutralization
• DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung.
• EPS — Expandable Polystyrene
• TBP — True Boiling Point
• VAC — Vinyl Acetate Council
• DMGM — DiMethyl Glycinate Methobromide
• CPC — Cetylpyridinium Chloride
• IFSHC — International Federation of Societies for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
• FFA — Free Fatty Acids
• AA — Atomic Absorption
• VAE — Vinyl Acetate Ethylene
• GR — Guaranteed Reagent
• CLM — Cytogenetic Ladder Map
• BRNO — Best Radial Natural Orbital
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering

• PI — Polyimide
• TST — Transition State Theory
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• HBR — HydroBromic acid
• ZSM-1 — Zeolite Socony Mobil #1
• SBR — Sequential Batch Reactor
• EPDM — Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomere
• LSD — Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
• SAM — Spin Angular Momentum
• FECS — Federation Of European Chemical Societies
• BZ — Benzoyl functional group
• PH — Public Health
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• EUFOD — Chemical compound with the formula Eu(OCC(CH3)3CHCOC3F7)3
• AT% — Atomic Percent
• M — Molecular
• RHPA — Reverse Hemolytic Plaque Assay
• DMAP — 4-DiMethylAminoPyridine
• AH — Aryl Hydrocarbon
• HE — Helium
• CCH — Carbachol
• PPSU — polyphenylene sulfone
• MAD — Migration and Dispersal
• 2AG — 2-Arachidonoylglycerol
• CHD — Chromodomain Helicase DNA
• TATB — Triaminotrinitrobenzene
• PDO — Palladium Oxide
• HMB — Hydroxy Methyl Butyrate
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• DTGS — Deuterated Triglycine Sulfate
• RMSEP — Root-Mean-Square Error of Prediction
• PEHA — Pentaethylenehexamine
• TEM — Toluene Extractable Matter
• EQ — Equivalent
• ANN — Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate
• UQT — Unquadtrium (element 143)
• NACE — National Americal Corrosion Engineer
• DIDS — 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, disodium salt
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• TNT — Tri Nitro Toluene
• EAC — European Aminocarboxylates Committee
• MAPK — mitogen-activated protein kinase
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• BHC — Benzene Hexachloride Crude
• DES — diethyl sulphate
• FPLC — Fast Performance Liquid Chromatography
• DPA — Displacements Per Atom
• AOD — Argon Oxygen Decarburization
• SID — Surface-Induced Dissociation

• QM — Quantum Mechanics
• BR — Bromine
• DMBP — DiMethyl BenzoPhenone
• LLDPE — Linear Low Density Polyethylene
• PFGE — Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
• THM — Trihalomethane
• MEG — Mono-Ethylene Glycol
• ABAB — Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• PMMA — Polymethylmethacrylate
• DAP — Diallyl Phthallate
• CED — Chemical Exchange Directory
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• SI UNITS — Système international d'unités
• DCJTB — 4--2-t-butyl-6-4H-pyran
• SAC — Sulfuric Acid Concentration
• IEF — Isoelectric Focusing
• BADGE — Bisphenol A Di Glicidyl Ether
• DTGA — Differential Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
• PARA — Polyaryl Amide
• V — Volt (measurement)
• BIB — Bild-In-Bild
• ACQ — Alkaline Copper Quaternary
• EPM — ethylene-propylene monome
• FODMAP — Fermenatble Oligo-,Di-,Monosaccharides And Polyols
• DHMO — DiHydrogen MonOxide
• AAS — atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
• CMA — Calcium Magnesium Acetate
• ADU — Atmospheric Distillation Unit
• CMC — Chemical Manufacturing Control
• DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
• MTSR — Maximum Temperature Attainable by the Synthesis Reaction
• EPI — Echo Planar Imaging
• KAERI — Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
• CPV — Common Pressure Vessel
• DEPT — Distortionless Enhancement by Polarisation Transfer
• LOR — Limit of Reporting
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• GRIM — Glass Refractive Index Measurement
• T — Thymine (DNA base)
• TPR — Temperature Pressure Relief
• LWG — Liquid Water in Grams
• ATCT — Active Thermochemical Tables
• TMMA — N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylmalonamide
• ATP — Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
• TG — Transformation of Generic
• JCAT — Journal of Catalysis
• SIR — Selected Ion Recording
• LDL — Low-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• PLP — Periodate Lysine Paraformaldehyde

• RER — Respiratory Exchange Ratio
• MP — melting point
• GFI — Gas Field Ionization
• APPI — Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization
• HTC — Heat Transfer Coefficient
• AE — Atomic Emission
• TMD — Theoretical Maximum Density
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• CPE — Cumulative Pan Evaporation
• PRSD — power reactant storage and distribution
• AE — acid equivalent
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• DHEA — Di Hydroxy Epi Androsterone
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• WYMW — Wakita, Yoshimoto, Miyamoto, and Watanabe test
• PMC — Percent Modern Carbon
• STEL — Short Term Exposure Limit
• HRA — Happy Room Academy (Nintendo Animal Crossing game)
• ME — Methyl
• SSZ — Studies Of The Synthesis Of Zeolite
• BWR — Boiling water reactor (nuclear)
• GAN — Gallium Nitride
• JCHED — Journal of Chemical Education
• ROS — Reactive Oxygen Species
• CPE — Chemical Potential Energy
• UQQ — Unquadquadium (element 144)
• PAO — poly alpha olefin
• TBSOTF — tert--butyldimethylsilyl triflate
• HAC — Acetic Acid
• POA — Primary Organic Aerosol
• EIC — Education in Chemistry
• CPA — Copolymer Alloy
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• FLASH — Family Life and Sexual Health
• PHB — Polyhydroxybutyrate
• LC — Liquid Crystal
• GCMS — Gas Chromatographic Mass Spectrometer
• NBS — N-Bromosuccinimide
• IC — Ice Crystals
• DMSA — Di Methyl Sulfonyl A
• LD — Laser Desorption
• PCA — Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid
• ZP — Zero Pressure
• EV — electronvolt
• CHJCP — Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics
• GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid
• LSFO — Low Sulphur Fuel Oil
• HBC — hemoglobin C
• TIG — Tungsten Inert Gas

• AQL — Average Quality Level
• ABV — Alcohol By Volume
• POH — measurement of OH- ions in aqueous solution
• SF6 — Sulfur Hexafluoride
• XOD — Xanthine Oxidase
• BMC — Bulk-Molding Compound
• PMA — Phorbol myristate acetate
• DEP — Direct Exposure Probe
• SSCP — Springer Series on Chemical Physics
• PAAP — Platelet Aggregation-Associated Protein
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• LAE — Lyman Alpha Emitter
• PUFA — Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
• PI — polyisoprene
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• DAPI — 4',6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole
• TCPE — Toledo Chemistry Placement Exam
• DAB — Diaminobenzidine (usually 3,3')
• OTA — ochratoxin A
• DCJT — 4--2-methyl-6--4H-pyran
• DAG — Diacylglycerol
• GONG — Glass on Glass
• LDR — Let Down Ratio
• TTT — Time Temperature And Transformation
• VPO — Vapor Pressure Osmometry
• BDDE — butanediol diglycidyl ether
• MNAN — methyl-n-amylnitrosamine
• MMA — metabolites methylmalonic acid
• TI — Thermal Ionization
• MNO — Manganese Oxide
• SMMA — Styrene Methyl Methacrylate
• FITC — Fluorescein Isothiocyanate
• FQ — Fluoroquinolone
• SPPS — Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis
• FCS — Fellow of the Chemical Society
• ESCA — photoelectron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
• HPPT — High Pressure Phase Transformation
• SDS — Scientific Data Set
• TEOOS — triethoxy(octyl)silane
• ICP — Inductively Coupled Plasma
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• CUTM — Chemical Universityrsal Turing Machine
• MMHG — millimeters of mercury
• FCS — Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
• ACM — Aluminium Composite Material
• FIT — Fluid Impingement Technology
• TDMAT — Tetrakis DiMethylAmido Titanium
• TOCSY — Total Correlation Spectroscopy
• 3FDA — 2,2-Bis (3,4-Dicarboxyphenyl) Hexafluoropropane Dianhydride
• ABS — Absorb

• LPLV — Low Pressure Low Volume
• BLM — Black Lipid Membrane
• EE — enantiomeric excess
• MCME — Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology
• TR — Table Row
• LN — natural logarithm
• NGL — Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane)
• CIFA — Conditional Intergenic Functional Association
• L — Length
• NA — Sodium (Latin ''Natrium'')
• MFP — Monofluorophosphate
• JMMSR — Journal of Macromolecular Science Reviews in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• HDL — High-Density Lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol)
• RPB — Release Prevention Barrier
• VOA — Volatile Organic Analysis
• ADH — Alcohol Dehydrogenase (reg: 9031-72-5)
• MIMS — Membrane Interface Mass Spectrometry
• FI — Filterability Index
• YVO4 — Yttrium Vanadate
• VI — Viscosity Index
• QDH — Quercitin DiHydrate
• PM3 — Parameterized Model number 3
• GDP — Guanosine Diphosphate
• LP — Liquid petroleum
• ASFP — acidic seminal fluid protein
• HAT — Hypoxanthine Aminopterin Thymidine
• BCIP — 5-Bromo 4-Chloro 3'-Indolyphosphate p-Toluidine salt
• IRMS — Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
• PMO — PolyMethylene Oxide
• LOQ — Limit Of Quantification
• WXRF — Wavelength-dispersive X- Ray Fluorescence
• IEET — Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer
• GLA — Gamma Linolen Acid
• SMA — Styrene Maleic Anhydride
• IB — Ion Balance
• ABC — Atomic, Biological, Chemical
• PAA — Poly Acetic Acid
• TCA — Tri Chloroacetic Acid
• VA — Vinyl Acetate
• PLA — Polylactic Acid
• PEL — Permissible Exposure Limit
• HT — High Temperature
• VM&P — Varnish Makers And Painters
• D-TGA — Differential Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
• MSN — Multiple Stage Mass Spectrometry
• WVP — water vapor permeability
• W5 — Which Was What We Wanted
• CPE — Chlorinated Polyethylene
• AHA — Alpha Hydroxy Acid
• WAT — Wax Appearance Temperature

• ATOM — Ancient Teachings of the Masters
• ADCHP — Advances in Chemical Physics
• CAS — Chemical Abstract Service
• EPDM — Ethyl Propyl Diene Monomer
• AE — activation energy
• ETFE — ethylene tetrafluoroethylene
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• LEO GER — Losing Electron Oxidation Gaining Electron Reduction
• LHH — Light, Heat, and Humidity
• HFO — Hafnium Oxide
• SHC — Synthetic HydroCarbon
• RTPW — Resistance at the Triple Point of Water
• ZCG — Zeolite Crystal Growth
• HDA — Hydroxy Decanoic Acid
• CEJ — Chemistry European Journal
• NDIP — Neutral Detergent Insoluble Protein
• MWCO — Molecular Weight Cut-Off
• UVA — Ultraviolet A Light
• HFT — High Fidelity Transfer
• CPAH — Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
• RSD — Reactive Sputter Deposition
• SYN — Synthetic
• GCC — Global Climate Change
• CBN — Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature
• JFE — Jens File Editor
• PBT — Polybutylene Terephthalate
• JBC — Journal of Biological Chemistry
• RCC — Reinforced Carbon-Carbon
• AGB — Asymptotic Giant Branch
• NPQ — Non Photochemical Quenching
• BP — benzoyl peroxide
• TLF — Time-Lag Focusing
• LDO — Luminescent Dissolved Oxygen
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemistry
• TFM — Total Fatty Matter
• HOM2DJ — HOMonuclear 2D J-resolved Experiment
• LPA — Liquid Pressure Amplifier
• SBS — Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene
• PH — Pondus Hydrogenii
• FEC — Ferro-Electric liquid Crystal
• NM — Normal Metal
• TMG — Tri-methyl-glycine
• UVP — Ultrasonic Vibration Potential
• NLDFT — Non-Local Density Functional Theory
• DFT — Density Functional Theory
• VRV — Variable Refrigerant Volume
• AE — appearance energy
• COTPP — Cobalt Tetraphenylporphyrin
• HAS — Helium Atom Scattering
• U — Undetectable

• DLN — Dry Low NOx
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• VLE — Vapor Liquid Equilibrium
• GCAT — General Chemistry Assessment Test
• HIMU — High U/Pb Mantle (component)
• CSTR — Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor
• EEC — Environmental Education Center
• HHV — Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
• SLI — Solid Liquid Interface
• PPE — PolyPhenylene Ether
• DFH — dot filter hybridization
• FCR — Folin–Ciocalteu Reagent
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• URC — Ultra Rapid Concentration
• UUH — Ununhexium (element 116)
• CTC — Carbon Tetrachloride
• CK — Conventional Karyotyping
• JFLU — Journal of Fluorescence
• PGAL — Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
• ECD — Electron Capture Dissociation
• BHLH — Basic Helix-Loop-Helix
• ABW — Alcohol By Weight
• GFM — Gram Formula Mass
• DNAPL — Dense non-aqueous phase liquids
• GRASS — Science term to calculate the volume, mass, or density. G=Given R=Required A=Analysis S=Solution S=Statement
• D — Dayton
• WAG — Waste Alleviation Gelling
• CIICR — Class II Cytokine Receptor
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• LHH — Light, Heat, Humidity
• A — Anatomy
• PTC — Positive Temperature Coefficient [elec. Conducting Material]
• APO — Amorphous Polyolefin
• EA — ethyl acetate
• JPCC — Journal of Physical and Colloid Chemistry
• ROESY — Rotating-Frame Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy
• PEK — Polyetherketone
• 2CVF — Two Chamber Vacuum Furnace
• ABS — Alkyl BenzeneSulfonate
• SEP — Separate
• JCSCC — Journal of the Chemical Society - Chemical Communications
• HFB — hexafluorobenzene
• DIW — Deionized Water
• GMM — Gram Molecular Mass
• CNT — Carbon Nanotube Technology
• HP — Horse Power
• DON — diacetoxyscirpenolor deoxynivalenol
• VB — Valence Band
• ULOQ — Upper Limit of Quantitation

• MGO — Magnesium Oxide
• SHU — Scoville Heat Unit
• TON — Threshold Odor Number
• PPC — PolyPhthalate Carbonate
• HY — High Yield
• CCPCE — Current Contents Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
• HOMO — Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital
• TROSEY — TRansverse CrOSs-Relaxation Experiment in a Rotating Frame
• TMH — Tyco Metal Hydride
• HPHT — high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
• ATC — Automatic Temperature Compensation
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• HC — Hydrocarbon
• FBC — Fesser, Bishop and Campbell model
• UUT — Ununtrium
• TBN — Total Base Number
• AGCL — Silver chloride
• SC — Suspendable Concentrate
• FEHS — fructan exohydrolases
• DTPA — 111In-SCN-Bz-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
• MDI — Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
• SEC — seconds
• DMS — Dimethyl Sulfide
• CKAS — Complex Karyotype Aberration Score
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• SB — styrene butadiene
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• DES — Di Ethyl Stilbestrol
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• MS/MS — mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry
• JMCH — Journal of Materials Chemistry
• TFF — Tangential Flow Filtration
• EMAC — Ethylene-Methyl Acrylate Copolymer
• IEP — Iso-Electric Point
• ATMP — Amino Trimethylene Phosphonic Acid
• TIW — Titanium Tungsten
• VPI — Vapor Phase Inhibitor
• SRU — Sulphur Recovery Unit
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• CCCP — carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone
• IB — Isospin Breaking
• PETE — Polyethylene Terephthalate
• AESR — Aqueous Extract of Sophorae Radix
• GA — Gibberellic Acid
• CPPP — Cyclo-Pentano Perhydro-Phenanthrene
• MUSAC — Measurement Uncertainty Software In Analytical Chemistry
• LSR — Light Straight Run Gasoline
• QF-PCR — Quantitative Fluorescent-Polymerase Chain Reaction
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• UUO — Ununoctium

• DE — delayed extraction
• A — Adatom
• YBCO — Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide
• PVCA — polyvinyl chloride acetate
• CHE — Chemistry
• AVT — All-Volatile Treatment
• TKS — Thermo Kinetic Selectivity
• FBR — Fast Breeder Reactor
• WS — water-soluble
• PC — propylene carbonate
• CRA — Corrosion-Resistant Alloy
• PRSA — Power Reactant Storage Assembly
• CHEDU — Chemical Educator
• TBE — Tris Borate Edta
• AU — Gold (Latin ''Aurum'')
• NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Hydrogen
• QR — Quantized Reduction
• AR — Argonne Area Office
• OER — Oxygen Enhancement Ratio
• AZOTE — Used formerly as a name for nitrogen.
• DI — Diffusion Index
• JSSCH — Journal of Solid State Chemistry
• CEP — Chemical Engineering Progress
• VAV — Variable Air Volume
• CKBB — creatine kinase BB
• EGCG — Epigallocatechin Gallate
• PRESAT — 1D Water Suppression
• BB — Big Bang
• I — Isoleucine
• UNK — Unknown
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• VLC — visible light-cured composite
• DCV — Dimensionless Concentration Variable
• GLP — Graduated Licensing Program
• BAPEX — Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited
• HAD — Haloacid dehalogenase
• DY — Dysprosium
• LAMO — Lithium Aluminum Manganese Oxide
• OMS — Organic Mass Spectrometry (Journal)
• TZK — 2-(sec-butyl) Thiazoline
• DAMS — Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome
• HAC — Acetaldehyde
• CHEMICAL — Chemistry
• ZBD — Zinc Binding Domain
• AF — Air Freshener
• CFRP — carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
• SEV — several
• ASMN — Activated Sludge Model for Nitrogen
• PA — Pascal (1N/m2)
• LA — Lactic acid

• BHT — Butylated Hydroxy Toluene
• RBC — Rotating Biological Contactor
• WLN — Wiswesser Line Notation
• CCU — Carbon Capture and Utilisation
• ZP — Zero Permeation
• RU — Ruthenium
• SSPG — Steady-State Plasma Glucose
• CPLIP — Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
• EEI — Extended Experimental Investigation
• TCO — transparent conducting oxide
• AGA — Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator
• ICCP — Impressed Current Cathodic Protection
• PIR — Polyisocyanurate
• MDMA — 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine
• ROIV — Remotely Operated Isolation Valve
• ATGL — Adipose Triglyceride Lipase
• PAH — Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
• PEBA — polyester block amide
• A — Atom
• HG — Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
• FPF — Fine Particle Fraction
• ZEKE — Zero Electron Kinetic Energy
• AFS — Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• BIRD — Bilinear Rotation Decoupling
• CKI — casein kinase I
• LIQ — Liquid
• CHEBI — Chemical Entities of Biological Interest
• GE — Genetic Engineering
• HIC — Household and Industrial Chemical
• PUR — Polyurethane
• BLEVE — Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
• CAPLUS — Chemical Abstracts Plus
• MPS — Methanol Precipitable Solids
• WVTI — Water Vapor Transport Index
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• RIO — Red IronOxide
• PAL — Polyanaline
• FAN — Free Amino Nitrogen
• CI — Composite Index
• ESIS — European Chemical Substances Information System (UK)
• A — Atomizing
• GST — Germanium-Antimony-Tellurium (GeSbTe)
• ESA — Electrostatic Energy Analyzer
• FRAPPE — Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment
• MCP-1 — Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
• PFOA — Perfluorooctanoic Acid
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• CCS — Carbon Capture and Storage
• NE — Neonatal Encephalopathy
• RT — Room Temperature (dead)

• PMAN — polymethactylonitrile
• DGI — Digital Gas Injection
• BIC — Boron Interstitial Clusters
• GEMM — Generate Edit and Manipulate Molecules
• NTA — Nitrilotriacetic Acid
• RIA — Rare Isotope Accelerator
• GEM — Genetically Engineered Microorganism
• CCRC — Continuing Care Retirement Community's
• AQL — Acceptable Quality Limits
• MES — MethylEthylSulfate
• RDF — Refuse-Derived Fuel
• RACHEL — Remote Access Chemical Hazards Electronic Library
• MAOI — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
• OAT — Organic Acid Technology
• APCI — Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (Mass Spectometry)
• E — Glutamic acid
• SDV — Shut Down Valve
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• CBEC — Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• SFA — Segregated Flow Analysis
• MEV — Million electronVolt
• LV — Livermorium
• WIAP — Water In All Phases
• RPT — Repeat
• REE — Rare Earth Element
• RVP — Reid Vapor Pressure (used For Gasoline Volatility)
• SS — Stainless Steel
• DMG — Di Methyl Glycine
• WGR — Water Gas Ratio
• VAM — Valid Analytical Measurement
• APSRV — Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
• EFCG — European Fine Chemical Group
• FGC — Flue Gas Conditioning
• VPI — Vacuum Pressure Impregnation
• PQQ — Pyrrolo Quinoline Quinone
• BTTN — Butanetriol Trinitrate
• JMS — Journal of Mass Spectrometry
• DNRA — Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium
• ROHS — Restriction of Hazardous Substances
• LFL — Lower Flammable Limit
• AORP — Advanced Oxidation/Reduction Process
• CNT — Carbon Nanotube Tips
• MR — relative molecular mass
• ASH3 — Arsine
• IMBR — Immersed Membrane BioReactor
• API — Aromatic Polyimide Insulation
• DU — Depleted Uranium
• Z — Zepto
• FARP — Fluorescent Aldehyde Reactive Probe

• DGL — De Glycyrrhizinated Licorice
• TCE — Tri Chloro Ethylene
• NACB — National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
• INEPT — Insensitive Nucleus Enhanced by Polarization Transfer
• PCBM — Phenyl C61 Butyric Acid Methyl Ester
• WSZN — Water Soluble Zinc
• H2S — Hydrogen Sulfide
• WVT — Water Vapor Transport
• AAC — Aluminum Aluminum Chrome
• UCH — ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase
• POL — Petrol Oil and Lubrication
• NPB — N-Propyl Bromide
• CIMP — CpG Island Methylated Phenotype
• ECTN — European Chemistry Thematic Network
• CMCC — Crystallography Made Crystal Clear
• MNSOD — Manganese Superoxyde Dismutase
• VOC(S) — volatile organic compound(s)
• LMH — Liquid Hydrogen
• AIM — Active Ingredient Manufacturer
• EQM — Equilibrium
• MMA — measured methylmalonic acid
• MEV — MegaelectronVolt
• WV — Weight Variant
• KFUPM — King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
• VB — Vacuum Breaker
• DAP — Di Ammonium Phosphate
• WD — Wet/Dry Index
• BMDL — Below Method Detection Limits
• TVS — Tinted Viscosity Stabilizer
• LGB — Lotte Gas Boiler
• GLA — GaLactosidase Alpha
• UQH2 — Ubiquinol
• HDI — Hexamethylene Diisocyanate
• ANS — 1-Anilino-8-Naftalen-Sulfonat
• ADI — Applikon Dependable Instituteuments
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• LSI — liquid secondary ionization
• INCC — International Nuclear Chemistry Congress
• CHA — Chemical Hamiltonian Approach
• RL — Reaction Level
• RDA — Recommended Daily Allowance
• EGTA — Ethylene Glycol Tetraacetic Acid
• PEEK — Polyetheretherketone
• SN — Tin (Latin Stannum)
• LFE — Low Formaldehyde Emission
• AA — Arachidonic Acid
• CPSS — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
• CFRP — Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic
• JCS — Journal of the Chemical Society
• TKN — Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

• SI — Surface Ionization
• DMSA — Di Mercapto Succinic Acid
• TCE — the carcinogen trichloroethylene
• AFS — Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry
• GEP — Granulin-Epithelin Precursor
• TON — Total Oxidized Nitrogen
• NOS — Nitrous Oxide System
• PPA — Phenylpropanolamine
• FBD — Free Body Diagram
• AMA — Analytic Meticulous And Affordable
• HSS — Heat Stable Salts
• GLY — Glycol
• CNT — Carbon Nanotube Triode
• EGE — Ethylene Glycol Ether
• BE — Bond Energy
• PBN — polybutylene napthalate
• SNAP — Strontium Nitrate Acetone Peroxide
• MPPH — Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Hexahydrate
• ICAM — Improved Chemical Agent Monitor
• NVV — Non- Volatile Volume
• ADI — Applikon Dependable Instruments
• VO2 — ventilation, oxygen consumption
• ISM — Industrial Scientific or Medical
• CDP — Cataphoretic Dip Painting
• CRN — Chemical Reactor Network
• CDK — Chemistry Development Kit
• IKI — Iodine-Potassium Iodide
• HL — Hydrogen Line
• LOCF — Last Observation Carried Forward
• SP — Spontaneous Potential (Well Log)
• BPE — Boiling Point Elevation
• FSTG — Formulation Science and Technology Group
• TCP — Tricalcium Phosphate
• DIP — direct insertion probe
• ASA — Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate
• XAN — Xanthine
• TOX — Toxic
• EBPF — European Biocidal Product Forum
• NSR — Nitride Semiconductor Research
• PFG — Pulsed Field Gradient
• CECA — Chemical Energy Component Analysis
• VG — Vacuum Generators (company)
• GML — Glycerol Monolaurate
• EI — Electron ionization (or electron impact)
• CHNOPS — Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Oxygen Phosporus Sulfer
• UHP — Ultra High Purity
• PABA — Para Amino Benzoic Acid
• DNA — Dioxide Normal Atoms
• VAC — Vacuum Assisted Closure
• EDP — Ethylene Diamine Pyrocatechol

• LW — Lawrencium (obsolete 1963)
• NHPI — N-hydroxyphthalimide
• ARL — Axiom Right Left
• ZMA — Zinc Magnesium Aspartate
• OSBP — Ohio State Biochemistry Program
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• FW — Formula Weight
• LMMS — Laser Microprobe Mass Spectrometry
• TBT — Tributyl Tin
• DMHD — DiMethyl-2,4-HexaDiene
• CTC — Carbon Tetrachloride Central
• AT NO — Atomic Number
• HLB — Helium Light Band
• PVAC — Polyvinyl Acetate
• SHRIMP — Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe
• TBA — 2,4,6-TriBromoAnisole
• MOAH — Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbon
• EGME — Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether
• MMH — Monomethyl Hydrazine
• DBC — dissolved black carbon
• CPF — Concentrated Powder Form
• PQL — Practical Quantitation Limit
• NLG — Nitrogen And Light Gases
• CAPOW — Chemistry and Physics on Wheels
• ACM — Astrocyte-Conditioned Medium
• SAO — University of St, Andrews - 1
• AL-LI — aluminum-lithium alloy
• NPA — Normal Propyl Alcohol
• YIG — yttrium iron garnet nanoparticles
• GCC — Global Carbon Cycle
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• HPMC — Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
• SPDF — atomic electron orbital names
• SPDF — Orbits in an electron shell
• VLR — Very Low Resistance
• PGA — polyglutamic acid
• BGO — Bismuth Germanium Oxide
• LNG — Liquid Natural Gas
• DCMU — dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea
• FUCK — Fluoride Uranium Carbon Potassium
• EPH — Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• SNIC — Singapore National Institute of Chemistry
• XDB — eXtra Dense Bonding
• AGTP — Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate Phenol
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
• CBLP — Calcineurin B-Like Protein
• SFPM — Suspended Fine Particulate Matter
• JME — JME Molecular Editor
• TOG — Total Oil and Grease
• SEFT — Spin Echo Fourier Transform

• DBDD — Di-BromoDoDecenoic acid
• FIPS — Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer
• EDTA — Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid
• HCFC — Hydro-Chloro-Fluoro Carbon
• XE — Xenon
• UUZ — Upper Unsaturated Zone
• PCT-G — Glycol Modified Polycyclohexyl Terephthallate
• PPOX — Polypropylene Oxide
• NICS — Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift
• PORC — Porcelain
• WCX — Weak Cation Exchange
• AVID — Advanced Vaporless Ipa Dryer
• DMCD — DiMethyl Cadmium
• RV — Realized Volatility
• ACVD — Agricultural Chemicals and Veterinary Drugs
• EQN — Equation
• AC — Adriamycin and Cytoxan
• GS-HOESY — gradient-selected Heteronuclear Overhauser Effect SpectroscopY 
• NAA — Naphtalic Acetic Acid
• RACI — Royal Australian Chemical Institute
• WPS — Water Phase Salt
• FAS — Folic Acid Synthesis
• GTL — Gas To Liquid
• EIET — Equilibrium Isotope Effect for the dihydride Tautomerism
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
• DISTN — Distillation
• HFM — Heated Film Mass
• SACI — South African Chemical Institute
• TBT — Tributyltin
• BHA — Butylated Hydroxy Acid
• FIM — Finite-volume Icosahedral Model
• UDA — Urea Dosing Air-assisted
• MIK — Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• UQF — Unit Quench Factor
• SAP — Super Absorbant Polymer
• LCB — Long Chain Base
• HA — hemagglutinine
• HT — Heat Transport
• THV — Tetrafluoroethylene Hexafluoropropylene Vinylidene
• AOA — Anhydrous Oripavine Alkaloid
• WYOLA — Write Your Own Lab Assignment
• HLA — HyaLuronic Acid
• DOC — dissolved organic carbon
• AIL — Application Interface Language
• PDH — Pyruvate DeHydrogenase
• PCH — photon counting histogram
• PBTC — 2-Phosphonobutane -1,2,4-Tricarboxylic Acid
• BP — Base Peak
• CBT — Cyclic Butylene Terephthalate

• SCN — Serum thiocyanate
• DGA — Dissolved Gas Analysis
• MW — Molecular Weight
• CBA — Cytometric Bead Array
• SDPD — Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction
• VPE — Virtual Potential Energy
• GCES — Green Chemistry Expert System
• DWCNT — Double-Walled Carbon Nano-Tube
• ATCS — Active Thermal Convection System
• ENBA — Ethylene n-Butyl Acetate
• ANA — The Analyst
• GAR — Glycine Arginine Rich
• ACE — Acetate
• IMS — Isotope Measuring System
• OXL — L-4-Oxalysine
• TIMS — Thermal Ionization Mass Spectroscopy
• APP — Atactic Poly Propylene
• BPO — Benzoyl Peroxide
• PAK — Polyester Alkyd
• PEKEKK — Polyetherketone Etherketone Ketone
• GA — Gallium
• VHT — Very High Temperature
• UUH — Ununhexium
• LSDA — Local Spin Density Approximation
• ECBC — Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center
• IID — independent and identically distributed random variables
• HEPH — Heavy Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• UQN — Unquadnilium (element 140)
• DCP — Dibasic Calcium Phosphate
• HONO — nitrous oxide
• GCK — Geiger Counter Kit
• IQ — Irrigation Quality
• HPHT — High Pressure/High Temperature
• PC — Pyruvate Carboxylase
• NVC — Non-Volatile Chemical
• GM — Geiger-Mueller tube
• RDRP — RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
• APV — NMDA antagonist D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate
• HMD — Hybrid Molecular Dynamics
• MSM — Methyl Sulfonyl Methane
• ADAMTS — A Disintegrin-like And Metalloprotease with Thrombospondin
• FDG — F-fluorodeoxyglucose
• NCEAC — National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry
• FR — free radical
• NFI — Non Ferrous Impeller
• CCCB — Center For Combinatorial Chemical Biology
• ACEP — Advanced Chemical Engineering Practice
• CM — Canova Method
• SRS — Strontium Sulfides
• SI — stability index

• TEL — Tetra-Ethyl Lead
• DPFGSE — double pulsed field gradient spin echo
• MCT — Medium Chained Triglycerides
• BTX — Benzene Toluene Xylenes
• JPCRD — Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data
• MEA — Monoethanolamine
• SIOC — Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
• LNDO — Local Neglect of Differential Overlap
• SIM — Selected ion monitoring
• ECH — Enoyl-CoA Hydratease
• CPVC — Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride
• L- — Levorotatory
• FBMM — Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular medicine
• NFE — nitrogen free extractives
• BRDU — 5-BRomo-2-DeoxyUridine
• NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide - Hydrogen (reduced)
• WVTR — Water Vapor Transmission Rate
• ICE — Initial Change Equilibrium
• DMB — Dry Matter Basis
• AHF — Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride
• DP — Differntial Pressure
• PM10 — Particulates smaller than 10 μm.
• OA — Oleic Acid
• AF — Augmented Formulation
• UUU — Unununium
• QCD — Quantum Chromodynamics
• CIN — Chemical Industry Notes
• SUS — Suspension
• MMCP — Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
• BMI — bis maleimide
• FPD — Freezing Point Depression
• DHF — Dilute Hydrofluoric Acid
• CSAD — Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Decarboxylase
• JSCH — Journal of Solution Chemistry
• JCS CHEM COMM — Journal of the Chemical Society - Chemical Communications
• SEM/AVS — Simultaneously-Extracted Metals/Acid Volatile Sulfide
• DME — Dimethyl Ether
• TAT — TriAcetone TriPeroxide
• WYOL — Write Your Own Lab
• SLW — Spectral Line Weighted
• TANGO — Testing For Adjacent Nuclei With A Gyration Operator
• VHI — Vapor Hazard Index
• NDO — Naphthalene 1,2- DiOxygenase
• RAD — Radiant
• CPCAR — Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
• CNSL — Cashew Nut Shell Liquid
• TDI — Toluene Diisocyanate
• AENG — Advanced European Natural Gas
• UOT — Universal Oxidation Test
• PZT — Lead Zirconium Titanate

• TRFM — Time Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
• DMAE — DiMethyl Amino Ethanol
• CBE — Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• HTTO — High Temperature Thermal Oxidation
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• BOE — Buffered Oxide Etchant
• EVOH — Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol
• CPSSH — Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• HMW — High Molecular Weight
• ROWPU — Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit
• DSCB — Drug Synthesis and Chemistry Branch
• IUB — International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
• KEQ — Equilibrium Constant
• KF — Potasium Flouride
• HPAE — High PH Anion Exchange
• FCS — Fluorescence Confocal Spectroscopy
• CNP — cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase
• QNB — R)-3-quinuclidinyl benzilate
• ACCP — Atmospheric Climate Chemistry Program
• MC — MethylCellulose
• MALDI — Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
• NME — New Molecular Entities
• WG — Weighable Granules
• APTH — 1-Acetyl-3-Phenylamidine Thiocarbamide Hydrochloride
• NW — Nuclear Weapon
• JAC — Journal of Analytical Chemistry
• HTS — High Temperature Superconductor
• RA — Retonoic Acid
• AGE — Advanced Glycosylated End products
• NNK — Nicotine-derived Nitrosamine Ketone
• MVOC — Microbial Volatile Organic Compound
• BEV — Billion Electron Volts
• CLAP — Carbohydrates, Lipid, Nucleic Acid, Protein
• PV — Pressure Volume
• CAF — Crude Aqueous Filtrate
• DMHP — DiMethyl Hydrogen Phosphate
• INF — Iron-Nickel System
• DWR — Durable Water Repellant
• GE — Group Element
• MCWG — Marine Chemistry Working Group
• EER — Equilibrium Exchange Rate
• GFW — Gram Formula Weight
• PK — measurement of the dissociation constant
• MTD — Mixture Transition Distribution
• CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear
• CMGT — Chromosome-Mediated Gene Transfer
• TOCAT — Topics in Catalysis
• FEP — fluorinated ethylene-propylene
• V — Vanadium
• ALBA — Acetylation Lowers Binding Affinity

• LIPO — Lithium Polymer
• CSR — Charge Stripping Reaction
• SBA — Strong Base Anion
• MTFT — Multiple-Tube Fermentation Technique
• HMF — HydroxyMethyl Furfural
• TA — Total Alkalinity
• 1D — Pulsed Field Gradients
• CCBA — Chemical Coordinate Bonding and Adsorption
• UNIT — Unifying Nitrogen Ion Transmitter
• SPME — Solid-Phase Microextraction
• CACC — Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination
• PZM — Pressure Zone Microphone
• RAP — Rubidium Acid Phthalate
• MAG — Metal Active Gas
• GMO — Genetically-Modified Organism
• CHF3 — Trifluoromethane (R23) (not an acronym)
• HPA — High Purity Aluminium
• PVDF — Polyvinylidene Fluoride
• DMC — Dough Moulding Compounds
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• NRD — Negative Resist Developer
• EPIR — Extended Pull-In Region
• TFT — Thin Flim Transistor
• COP — Copolyester Thermoplastic Elastomer
• NN — Nano- Crystal
• COI — Cytochrome Oxidase I
• SHOP — Shell Higher Olefin Process
• RDC — Residual Dipolar Coupling
• PCCP — Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
• AA — Advanced Alloy
• SL — Short Lived
• PAT — Proline Alanine And Threonine
• PEI — PolyEtherImide
• HRT — High Resolution Thermometer
• UV — Ultra Violet
• BM — Base Metal
• DMHZ — DiMethylHydraZine
• GABA — Gamma Amino Butyric Acid
• HEMA — poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
• DAS — Delft Active Suspension
• NT — Nuclear Transfer
• CHCOM — Chemical Communications
• HT — Heat Treated
• HTMC — High Temperature Materials Chemistry
• H20 — water
• PVB — Pressure Vacuum Breaker
• DHY — Dehydrate
• CNC — Computer Numeric Control
• LCST — Low Critical Solution Temperature
• TNE — Test No Ester

• EGR — Entropy Gradient Reversal
• CAMELSPIN — Cross-Relaxation Appropriate for Minimolecules Emulated By Locked Spins
• AE — Acetonitrile Eluate
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• IMF — Inter-Molecular Force
• TTLC — Total Threshold Limit Concentration
• OILRIG — Oxygen Is Losing Reduction Is Gaining
• VTB — Verfahrenstechnische Berichte
• MRT — Mean Radiant Temperature
• FCTM — Full Chemistry and Transport Model
• MWM — Molecular Weight Marker
• ZN — Zinc
• CMS — Center for Materials Simulation
• IIA — ISOPHOT Interactive Analysis
• DCPK — DiCycloPropylKetone
• PCESR — Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences Research Reports
• TFV — Polytetrafluoroethylene White
• ABCC — Advanced Biomedical Computing Center
• GEL — Gelatin
• WNC — Weathered Nickel with Copper
• ENAPC — Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series
• CNO — Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen
• WVMS — Water Vapor Millimeter-wave Spectrometer
• LSP — Line Spectrum Pair
• TDS — Thermal Desorption Spectrum
• DIW — De-Ionzied Water
• RER — Rare Earth Research
• ASA — acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRIN)
• NS — Not Significant
• GLC — Glucose
• UWWC — University of Wisconsin-Washington County
• D2O — Deuterium Oxide
• PAO — Phenylarsine Oxide
• PVT — pressure, volume, and temperature
• MDMA — MethyleneDioxy-MethylAmphetamine (also Known As Ecstasy)
• TSS — total soluble solids
• MCL — Maximum Critical Leakage
• ABE — Adiabatic Binding Energy
• NBSC — Nitride-Bonded Silicon Carbide
• RO — Red Oxide
• DHLA — DiHydroLipoic Adid
• UM — User Model
• PAD — Post-Acceleration Detector
• KER — Kinetic Energy Release
• NR — No Reaction
• CPPD — Calcium Pyrophosphate Dehydrate
• TEEM — Toluene Equivalent Extractable Matter
• PPA — Purified Phosphoric Acid
• TA — Tantalum
• ES — Einsteinium

• SCBA — Specific Chemical and Biologic Agents
• NDSX — Non-Dispersive Solvent Extraction
• FC — Footcandle
• PEN — polyethylene napthalene
• CISS — Competitive in Situ Suppression
• ATP — Ambient Temperature Pressure
• POSS — Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• AAC — Amino Acid Chelate
• CPR — Corrosion Penetration Rate
• RCM — Rapid Communications In Mass Spectrometry
• NMI — N-Methyl-Imidazole
• LES — Local Excitatory State
• XAU — Gold Troy Ounce
• WCB — Wrought Carbon grade B
• BPDE — Benzo Pyrene-Diol-Epoxide
• UVB — Ultraviolet B
• MIKES — Mass-Analyzed Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry
• MKSA — meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
• CSB — Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• PCP — phenolic compounds (pentachlorophenol
• ZCS — Zinc Coated Steel
• LASER — Language Arts Science Enrichment And Resource
• LUMO — Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbit
• CREB — Cyclicamp Response Element Binding
• NICAD — Nickel Cadmium
• CARRV — Catalysis Reviews
• WLOA — World Light Olefins Analysis
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• MSI — Molecular Simulations, Inc.
• PTG — Pressure Time Governor
• NVOC — Non--Volatile Organic Chemical
• SAV — Standard Average Volume
• CF-FAB — Continuous flow fast atom bombardment
• DCQA — Dicaffeoyl Quinic Acid
• NPL — Neutral Protamine Lyspro
• LASTO — Linearized Augmented Slater-Type Orbitial
• PEMN — PentaErythrityl MonoNitrate
• ICON — Isotopes of Carbon Oxygen and Nitrogen
• EBSD — Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
• DMT — Dimethyltryptamine
• ECCI — Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces
• SP — Special
• TBTD — TonB-dependent transporter
• COMPD — Compound
• MOAT — Mother Of All Tests
• N0 — neutron
• NAPL — Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
• MFAO — Myocardial Fatty Acid Oxidation
• OVM — Organic Vapor Monitor

• LASER — Legacy Application Systems Empowered Replacement
• DMAB — DiMethyl-4-Amino Biphenyl
• MABS — methyl methacrylate/ABS
• MIMS — Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry
• PH — Potential of Hydrogen
• ZINC — Zinc Is Not Copper
• VAC — Vinyl Acetate
• ACAT — Acyl CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase
• XMD — Center for Materials Simulation Molecular Dynamics Program
• AD — Acid Detecting
• HOG — High Osmolarity Glycerol
• PMP — PolyMethylPentene
• SCOF — Solution Crystallization Observation Facility
• FCCA — Fluorinated Carbon Covered Alumina
• LMA — Low Moisture Absorption
• ZNO — Zinc Oxide
• GTD — Glyoxal Trimeric Dihydrate
• SMILES — Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System
• NOS — Nitrous Oxide Solvents
• C/EBP — CCAAT-enhancer-binding proteins
• MOL — Molecule
• GAW — Gross Atomic Weight
• ZRN — Zirconium Nitride
• NU — Natural Uranium
• PVC — Pressure Velocity Correction
• VELD — Valence Electron Localization Degree
• AFL — Aluminium Fluoride Litate
• 5-HMF — 5-HydroxyMethyl-Furfural
• AMT — Amino Mercapto Thiadiazole
• CGMT — Carter-Goddard-Malrieu-Trinquier
• PDI — Plasma Desorption/Ionization
• DFTO — Direct-Fired Thermal Oxidizer
• BAP — Benzyl Amino Purine
• HTT — High Temperature Tetragonal
• DBDP — Decyloxy-5-(2',5'-Bis(Decyloxy)Phenyl)
• WVP — Water Vapor Profiling
• MMA — Methylmalonic acidemia
• AIR — Air Injector Reactor
• ELE — Ester Like Ether
• G — Glass
• CAW — Catalyst Altered Water
• CMC — Critical Micelle Concentration (amphiphilic components)
• PNPP — P-NitroPhenyl Phosphate
• CP — Crude Protein
• CPR — Chemical Physics Reports
• HFB — Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
• UAFM — Uranyl Acetate Fluorescence Method
• VP — Vapor Pressure
• SMC — Sheet molding compound
• IQ — Iron Quality

• CM — Curium
• UMN — University of Minnesota
• QLL — Quasi-Liquid Layer
• HEMA — HydroxyEthylMethAcrylate
• AFA — Average Fock Approximation
• FIR — Far Infrared
• GOS — Gadolinium Oxide Sulfur
• POT — Proton on Target
• PGA — Phospho Glisaric Acid
• HBOB — Hydrogen Bis(Oxalato)Boric (Bis(Oxalato)Boric acid)
• DOPS — Dual Optics Particle Spectrometer
• ZDK — Zero Degrees Kelvin
• VHY — Very High Yield
• KD — dissociation constant
• APP — Average Physical Product
• CVSP — Chemistry Validation and Standardization Platform
• PMID — PubMed Identifier
• LIBS — Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
• PETN — Pentaerythrite Tetranitrate
• HZT — HydroChloroThiazide
• MFCG — Magnetic Flux Compression Generator
• DP — Differential Pressure
• RFIC — Reagent-Free Ion Chromatography
• BINOM — BINOMial Water Suppression
• PU — Polyurethane
• HVDM — High-Vacuum Densification Method
• PAO — peroxide and phenylarsine oxide
• BEOL — Back End Of The Line
• JCS PERKIN I — Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions I: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry
• DPPC — Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
• ICSN — Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
• PTCL — Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
• GS-DQF-COSY — gradient-selected Double Quantum Filtered COrrelation SpectroscopY 
• ERP — Event Related Potential
• VO2 — Volume of Oxygen
• TIC — Total Ion Current
• 2,4-D — 2,4- Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
• FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society
• CDSL — Chemical Data Summary List
• CPOM — Coarse Particulate Organic Matter
• LTOEL — Long Term Occupational Exposure Limit
• NA — Not Active
• SAN — Styrene-acrylonitrile Copolymer
• AB — Acid Base
• FL — Free Lime
• ATP — All Trace Particles
• EP — Epoxy
• SRL — Simulated Radiation Level
• CO3 — Carbon trioxide
• FTMWS — Fourier Transform MicroWave Spectroscopy

• BATIO3 — barium titanate
• CM — complete medium
• CYCLENOE — CYCLEd NOE Difference Experiment
• ASE — Accelerated Solvent Extraction
• DAC — Drug Affinity Complex
• ACMSD — Aminocarboxymuconate Semialdehyde Decarboxylase
• FG — Final Gravity
• FFAA — Free Form Amino Acid
• KCN — Potassium Cyanide
• HTS — High Throughput Screening
• 2A5CB — 2-Amino 5-Chloro Benzophenone
• NPK — nitrogen phosphorus, potassium [fertilizer ratio]
• CMD — Computer Molecular Dynamics
• PEMC — PhenylEthyl-3-Methyl Caffeate
• ACC — American Chemical Council
• V — Vacuum
• HL — Heavy Liquid
• MDQ — Minimum Daily Quantity
• VTW — VEHICLE and TRANSPORTATION WASH
• HFA — HydroFluoroAlkane-134a
• PB — Lead (Latin Plumbum)
• PBD — polybutadine
• JEOL — Japan Electro-Optics Laboratory
• GLC — Gas Liquid Chromatography
• CIKTN — Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network
• SG — Seaborgium
• MWCO — Molecular Weight CutOff
• VTP — Volume, Temperature, Pressure
• VDA — Visual Data Analysis
• AS — Ammonium sulfate
• PEBA — Polyether Block Amide
• DDG — Deoxy D Glucose
• CCO — Chemical Control Order
• PCM — Pento Cyleinic Methyl
• WVR — Water Vapor Radiometer
• MS — Morphine Sulphate
• ATZN-MP — Arabidopsis thaliana Zinc-MetalloProtease
• DCO — Decant Oil
• CP — Creatine Phosphate
• PVB — polyvinyl butyryl
• DMHY — DiMethyl HYdrazine
• OR — Oxidation-Reduction
• BCB — Bis-BenzoCycloButene
• ELM — external limiting membrane
• UHP — Ultra High Pressure (waterjet)
• SCW — Supercritical Water
• DPFGSE-NOE — Double Pulsed Field Gradient Spin Echo and NOE method 
• WMTK — Wagman Moisture Test Kit
• ULO — Ultra Low Oxygen
• TATP — Triacetone Triperoxide

• AF — Added Fluoroelastomer
• WVTRA — Water Vapor Transmission Rate Analyzer
• HDA — HydroxyDecanoic Acid
• VCV — Valacyclovir
• AMA — Atomic Moment Approximation
• PAMS — Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station
• MBMR — Moving Bed Membrane Reactor
• FROG — Fresh Reservoir Oxygen Generator
• CAR — Canonical Anticommutation Relations
• NAF — neutral sodium fluoride
• RI — Resonance Ionization
• BCIF — Biological Chemistry Imaging Facility
• USEE — Use of Stored Elastic Energy
• HPSV — High Pressure Sodium Vapor
• ACG — Atom Connectivity Graph
• MADG — Moisture Activated Dry Granulation
• UXS — Glucuronic Acid DeCarboxylase
• EV — Exceptional Vacuum
• OCID — Online Chemical Inventory Database
• AMR — Analytical Method Recovery
• DSO — Dry Socket Obtundant
• AP — Archimedes Plutonium
• EET — Electrostatic Energy of Transferring
• MCA — Multi Channel Analyzer
• THC — Tetra Hydra Cannabinol
• EMA — Ethylene Methacrylic Acid
• SIR — Surface-Induced Reaction
• SZD — Steel Zinc Dichromate
• SORI — Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation
• NIMH — Nickel-Metal Hydride
• GS-HSQC — gradient-selected Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence
• SSMC — Solid State and Materials Chemistry
• PBO — Piperonyl Butoxide
• DEC — Direct Evaporative Cooling
• PDC — Pretty Darn Confusing
• DMBI-PF6 — DiMethyl-3-Butyl Imidazolium HexaFluoro Phosphate
• NOS — Nitrous Oxide Sticker
• OM — Orientational Melting
• BOPP — bi-axially orientated polypropylene
• JCG — Journal of Crystal Growth
• OTC — Open Tubular Column
• XTC — Xtreme Thermal Compound
• SILAC — Stable Isotope Labelling With Amino Acids In Cell Culture
• PYMS — PYrolysis Mass Spectrometry
• SOL — Statistic Operator Of Liquid
• UVA — Ultraviolet A
• GS-HSQC-NOESY — gradient-selected Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence Nuclear Overhauser Effect SpectroscopY 
• GHB — Gamma-Hydroxy Butyrate
• PBI — Polybenzimidazole
• WD — Water Displacement

• CCS — Copper chaperone for superoxide
• UQH — Unquadhexium (element 146)
• LQD — Liquid Nutrition Group Inc (Toronto Venture Exchange [TSXV])
• ANA — Atomic Non Atomic
• PASA — PolyAmide, Semi-Aromatic
• HSM — High Salt Medium
• CKB — Creatine kinase B-type
• CIP — Cesium Intermediate Product
• DMF — N,N'-dimethyl formamide
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• QPM — Quench Protection Monitor
• WR — Water Repellent
• FE — Free Energy
• MCR — Magic Carpet Ride
• MG — Modified Gypsum
• HDG — Hot Dipped Galvanized
• ES — Elementary Submodel
• JASMS — Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
• CHSRV — Chemical Society Reviews
• ROS — Rate Of Oxidation
• RQY — Relative Quantum Yield
• GS-TOCSY — gradient-selected SELective COrrelation SpectroscopY 
• TD — Temperature Displacement
• CLP — Chemistry of Life Processes
• SPDE — Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction
• LMC3O — Laboratoire de Matériaux Catalytiques et Catalyse en Chimie Organique
• UP — Usine De Plutonium
• FFP — Files Flows and Processes
• DF — Dry Flowable
• PPI — polymeric polyisocyanate
• RF — Resonance Frequency
• BCSO — Biological Chemistry Student Organization
• IAA — 3H]indole acetic acid
• EGTA — Ethylene glycol bis(2-aminoethyl ether)tetraacetic acid
• DMHF — DiMethyl-3-(2H)-Furanone
• AEN — All Element Number
• AE — Auger Electron
• CPOX — Catalytic Partial OXidation
• CEMS — Compound Element Mixture Solution
• MOAT — multispecific organic anion transporter
• PTPD — Platinum and Palladium
• LCSD — Laboratory Control Sample Duplicate
• VIG — Vanadium Iron Garnet
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• USDOE — United States Department of Education
• CRM — Consecutive Reaction Monitoring
• TCE — Trichlorethylene
• EVOH — Poly(Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol)
• BOC — Blow Off Chemistry
• TTC — Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride

• FDDM — Freeze Dried Dura Matter
• MIMIC — Microscopy and Microanalysis
• BER — Base Extraction Rate
• AZPHPEG — AzidoPhenyl-derivatized Poly-Ethylene Glycol
• VIPER — Venom Immunochemistry Pharmacology and Emergency Response
• R — Reactive
• F — Fluorine
• WPPD — Whole-Powder-Pattern Decomposition
• DNPH — Dinitrophenylhydrazene
• HBC — hexabenzocoronene
• TENL — Total Endogenous Nitrogen Losses
• DHTML — Di-Hydro Tetra-Methl Lactate
• CSL — Contaminant Source Location
• TBQ — 2,5-di( Tert- Butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone
• SG IRON — Spheroidal Graphite Iron
• UHMW — Ultra High Molecular Weight
• CSIB — Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry
• NAM — N-acetylmuramic Acid
• EHF — Extremely High Frequencey
• ZSG:MN — Zn2 Si0.5 Ge0.5 O4: Mn
• QWIP — Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector
• RACHEL — Remote Acess Chemical Hazards Electronic Library
• CDTE — Cadmium Telluride
• DB — Double Bond
• CSAC — Chemical Safety Analysis and Control
• ASMS — American Society for Mass Spectrometry
• SCX — Strong Cation-Exchanger
• VA — Vanadium
• SP — Solubility Product
• IQ — Installation Quality
• HB — Hydrogen Bond
• PVDC — Polyvinylidene Chloride
• SB — Solvent Based
• PT — Platinum Target
• BAV — Bio-augmented Anaerobically-degrading Vinyl Chloride
• HVI — High Viscosity Index
• S — Solidus
• RITG — Radiatively Important Trace Gass
• ETG — Ethylene Glycol
• GS-HMBC — gradient-selected Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Correlation 
• FPOM — Fine Particulate Organic Matter
• EAN — Enriched Air Nitrox
• TMS — TriMethylSilane
• PTPC — Permeability Transition Pore Complex
• SA — Silver Azide
• PACE — Process Analytical Control Equipment
• CF — Carbon Fiber
• HAND — Humanitarian Aid Network for Distribution
• REACH — Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals
• HFC(S) — hydrofluorocarbon(s)

• WVM — Water Vapor Monitor
• DOC — Dissolved Organic Compounds
• APPMT — Applied Photon Processing and Measurement Technology
• UQY — Ultimate Quality and Yield
• ASIT — Applied Signal And Image Technology
• ACV — Aggregate Compacted Value
• UVR — UltraViolet Reactive
• CMC — Carboxymethylcellulose
• ETG — Ethylglucuronide
• CNT — Carbon Nanotube
• NPLIN — non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation
• WD — Water Dispersant
• PEP — Physical Equivalent Practice
• HB — H Bonding
• CNT — Carbon Nanotubes Therefore
• CADS — CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTION SYSTEM
• OZM — OZone Machine
• ZR — Zirconium
• MR — Mica Reactive
• CFD — Contracts For Difference
• DNS — Dinitrosalicylic Acid
• CDU — Chemical Dispensing Unit
• AIAMC — Anti Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
• OAM — Orbital Angular Momentum
• HHV — High Heating Value
• CIS — Carbonlite Ionet Suspension
• HMPC — Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
• AA — andarachidonic acid
• PVF — Poly(vinyl Fluoride)
• BSA — Bis(trimethylSilyl)Acetamide
• XRL — X-Ray Lithography
• USZ — Upper Sulfide Zone
• HOAC — Acetic Acid
• TP — Total Phorphorus
• SAF — Surficial Amorphous Films
• DPM — Damp Proof Membrane
• NR — Nitrile Rubber
• IOCM — International Organic Chemistry Meeting
• FA — Furnace Annealing
• GER — Gains Electrons Reduction
• FUCOUP — FUlly COUPled C,H Correlation
• DIAPHOX — DIAmino PHosphine OXide
• SERF — SElective ReFocussing
• INCHI — International Chemical Identifier
• PAA — Polyacrylic Acid
• ASL — Atom Specification Language
• DAB — Di-AminoBenzidine
• GTO — Gas Tube Only
• P — Particle
• DOE — Description of Effect

• MHASS — Magnetic Humic Acid Sodium Salt
• VRB — Vinorelbine
• XLS — Xenon Light Source
• PH — Phenol functional group
• ACL — acyl-homoserine lactone
• MW — Milliwatt
• AG — Silver (Argentum)
• KR — Krypton
• PDMS — Polydimethylsiloxane
• EOF — effects on electroosmotic flow
• CIF — cytoplasmic intermediate filament
• LI — Laser Ionization
• NIT — Near Infrared Transmittance
• MH — Metal Hydroxide
• WO — Weak Oxidizer
• NHE — Normalized Hydrogen Electrode
• FC — Ferrite Core
• ADMD — Action Derived Molecular Dynamics
• JDW — James D Winefordner
• GCEW — Green Chemistry in Education Workshop
• CELP — Code Excited Linear Projection
• OXM — Oxidation of Metals
• LA — Lanthanum Aluminide
• WW — Waste Water
• SINP — Silicon Nano-Particle
• AEO — Amino Epoxy Oxodecanoic
• SOMO — Singly-Occupied Molecular Orbital
• EA — Electron Affinity
• ORR — Oxidation-Reduction Reaction
• VVP — Voet, Voet, and Pratt
• DESI — Desorption Electrospray Ionization
• CWA — Chemical Warfare Agent
• YLF — Yttrium Lithium Fluoride
• YBG — Your Best Guess
• DMALH — DiMethyl ALuminum Hydride
• GPC — Gel Permeation Chromatography
• UPW — Ultra Pure Water
• PEA — Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar
• DMBR — DecaMethonium Bromide
• BOW — Behavior of Water
• DM — Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide
• UVA — Ultraviolet Alpha
• EEC — Evaporation Emission Control
• CFM — Cross Flow Microfiltered
• CPMGT2 — Carr-Purcell Meiboom-Gill T2 Measurement
• FIGD — Flow Injection Gas Diffusion
• HOQS — Highest Occupied Quantum State
• DNEL — Derived No Effect Level
• PHT — PHThalate
• TCS — Tri-Chloro Silane

• RBD — Refined, Bleached and Deodorized
• TDP — Thiamine Diphosphate
• BOD — Biological Organic Deposit
• MPV — Mean Platelet Value
• UUS — Ununseptium
• EMCI — Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator
• TLV — Toxic Level Value
• YSZ — Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia
• A/V — Alcohol per Volume
• OV — Organic Vapor
• TTFD — Thiamine TetraHydroFurfurylDisulfide
• DLD — Diffusion Localization And Dissipation
• CHAMPS — Chemistry Honours And Miscellaneous Postgraduate Students
• IA — Inflorescence Appearance
• EIBC — Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry
• CPA — Co Polymer Alloy
• ESC — Emulsion Semi-Continuous
• LSI — Langier Saturation Index
• KGA — 2-ketoglutaric acid
• JCS PERKIN II — Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions II: Physical Organic Chemistry
• MBBR — Moving Bed Bio Reactor
• RFM — Relative Formula Mass
• MFP — Molecular Free Path
• TBHQ — TertButylHydroQuinone
• PPT — Precipitate
• LHC — The Large Hadron Collider
• VDB — VanDyke Brown test
• S — sulphur
• TDA — Thermal Dilatometric Analysis
• VTC — Variable Temperature Cutoff
• SCFR — Stem Cell Factor Receptor
• HF — Halfnium
• WAF — Water Accommodated Fraction
• JCS-D — Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions in Inorganic Chemistry
• CL — chromosome loss
• LIF — laser-induced fluorescence detector
• DMAP — 4-DiMethyl Amino Phridine
• HR — Hourly Range
• FIB — Fast Ion Bombardment
• NAC — Nitric Acid Concentration
• LV — Low volatile
• HC — High Carbon
• ATPS — Atmospheric, Temperature, Pressure, Saturated
• TFV — Tenofovir
• LMH — Liquid Metallic Hydrogen
• GCC — Ground Calcium Carbonate
• NPR — Neutralization Potential Ratio
• MTBE — Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ethyl
• IUM — International University Ministry
• CFBC — Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion

• CUTM — Chemical Universal Turing Machine
• BEST — Better Enzyme Solution Training
• FAIMS — High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry
• BUDR — Bromodeoxyuridine
• ULG — Universal Liquid Gas
• QP — Quenching Profile
• RACHEL — Real-time Automated Combinatorial Heuristic Enhancement of Lead compounds
• QSAR — Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship
• HF — Hartree-Fock Method
• AAU — Alpha Acid Unit
• JCS-DALTON — Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions in Inorganic Chemistry
• CKB — creatine kinase B-subunit
• ECG — Electrical Chemical Group
• VLD — Visible Laser Diode
• FDM — Freeze Dry Microscopy
• ADF — Acid Detergent Fibre
• NCT — New Circuit Test
• RHE — Reversible Hydrogen Electrode
• LPAP — Lymphocyte Phosphatase-Associated Phosphoprotein
• GR — General Radiation
• MEE — Minimum Explosive Energy
• XPD — Palladium Troy Ounce
• RSC — Royal Society of Chemistry
• CIITA — Complex Class II Transactivator
• AC — Active Counter
• TPO — Thermoplastic Elastomer - Olefinic
• PAC — Pharmaceutically Active Compound
• S — seconds
• CID — nano-electrospray/collision-induced dissociation
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• LISA — Localized Ionic Sensory Activator
• RT — Reagent Type
• OLCC — On Line Chemistry Course
• CONC — concentrated
• ELNES — Energy-loss near-edge structure
• LPC — Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• HFCA — Hydroxy Fluorene Carboxylic Acid
• TMP — Tri-Methyl Phosphate
• NP — Nucleus Plugin
• ELISA — enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method
• MT — Meitnerium
• TBZ — ThiaBendaZole (2''-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-5-(3-AMINO-1-PYRROLIDINYL))
• EDI — Electrical De-Ionization
• UVE — Ultraviolet Experiment
• AT — Adenine and Thymine
• TVO — Thermoplastic Vulcanites
• LC-MS — Liquid Chromotography with Mass Spectroscopy
• RCC — Reinforced Cement Concrete
• URP — Unique Radiolytic Product
• ETPB — Ethyl Triphenyl Phosphonium Bromide

• MVD — micro vessel density
• DBDI — Di-Benzyl Di-Iscyanate
• POM — Partial Oxidation of Methane
• DLC — Dry Liquid Concentrate
• CHPH — Chemical Physics
• PPO — PolyPhenylene Oxide
• SCMB — School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
• OCLV — Optimum Compaction Low Void
• UQ — Ubiquinone-10
• TFF — Total Fuel Flow
• UUP — Ununpentium
• AIDG — Advanced Integrated Drying and Gasification
• KICAT — Kinetics and Catalysis
• MRC — Multi-Resistant Coating
• DBP — Di Butyl Phthalate
• K — Kreosote
• RV — Reduced Viscosity
• FED — Free Energy Difference
• FCH — Film Compensated Homogeneous
• BSS — Base Storage Segment
• ECOSAR — Ecological Structure Activity Relationships
• FTM — Fluid Thioglycolate Medium
• DLI — Direct Liquid Introduction
• PAR — Photosynthetic Active Radiation
• SAA — Surface Active Agent
• NO2 — Nitrogen Oxide
• CTPE — Coal Tar Pitch Emulsion
• EBSD — Electron Backscatter Diffraction
• EDT — 1,2-Ethane DiThiol
• PNPA — PolyNucleotide Phosphorylase A
• NSSC — Neutral Sulfite Semi-Chemical
• OSSE — Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment
• JMACH — Journal of Mathematical Chemistry
• HFP — Hexafluoropropylene
• PCE — Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene Or Perk)
• SN — Sentinel node
• CN — copernicium
• DCPM — bis(DiCyclohexylPhosphino)Methane
• MOA — Method of Anlaysis
• BDA — Biotinalated Dextran Amine
• WTPM — Wet Total Particulate Matter
• PNG — Pipeline Natural Gas
• CGS — Centimeter, Gram, Second
• ZNI — Zinc Iodide
• UVB — UltraViolet band B
• PNPB — PolyNucleotide Phosphorylase B
• ISI — In-Situ Interfermometer
• PAH — Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon
• ABCC — American Board of Clinical Chemistry
• AK — After Kindling

• HETCOR — HETeronuclear Chemical-Shift CORrelation
• PCP — Pentachlorophenol
• SVF — Synthetic Vitrous Fibres
• FE — Free Electron
• UVW — Ultra-Violet Wavelength
• PBT — PolyButylene Teerephthalate
• SARA — Scanning Analysis Response Assessment
• DCH — Diversified Commercial Hydrogen
• DMG — Dimethyl Glycine
• BPMP — Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Physiology
• PSD — MALDI-post-source decay
• FIMA — Flow Injection Mercury Analysis
• AZPHPAAM — AzidoPhenyl-derivatized PolyAllylAmine
• WBA — Weak Base Anion
• ISCO — Index for Selective Carbon Oxidation
• CSDD — Center for the Study of Drug Development [Tufts Univ]
• TSP — Thermally Stable Polycrystalline
• ISI — In-Situ Interferometer
• UHC — Unburned HydroCarbons
• SNMS — Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry
• NRMS — Neutralization-Reionization Mass Spectrometry
• TERT — Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase
• PBDE — Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether
• SDMS — Scientific Data Management System
• RI — Radical Initiator
• HETCORPS — Absolute-value and Phase-Sensitive HETCOR
• OILS — Open Integrated Learning Systems
• IHOP — Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins
• MAOA — monoamine oxiidase-A
• KGA — Keto Glutaric Acid
• PMA — Phenyl Mercury Acetate
• MCPP — MethylChloroPhenoxyPropionic acid
• TP — Total porosity
• AEP — anion exchange protein
• LOVE — Linguistics Of Visible English
• HEP — Hetergeneous Element Processor
• LDA — Local Density Approximation
• HF — Heat Flux
• IB — Induction Balance
• PEI — Petroleum Equipment Institute
• ACD — Available Chemicals Directory
• SRF — Specified Recovered Fuel
• ZNS — Zincblende
• NMU — NitrosoMethylUrea
• VSC — Volatile Sulfur Compound
• AB — Acid Bath
• ECTFE — Ethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene
• QOH — Quaternary Hydroxide
• DCR — Dienoyl Coa Reductase
• BORDERS — Biochemical Organic Radioactive Disaster Educational Response Systems

• PCC — Pyridine Chloro-Chromate
• NNR — Natural Nitrate Reduction
• EDOT — 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene
• WICC — WONCA International Classification Committee
• INGAP — Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein
• SW — Solvent Water
• GLOB — Globular
• MPPH — Methyl Phenyl Propyl Hydroperoxide
• NCEL — New Chemical Exposure Limit
• LV — Low Volatility
• DIGE — Differential In-Gel Electrophoresis
• AAA — Aminoadipic Acid
• FESO4 — Ferrous Sulfate
• FRAP — Fluorine-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
• MMI — Michigan Molecular Institute
• ETBE — Ethyl Tert-butyl Ether
• COSYPS — Phase-Sensitive COSY
• D- — Dextrorotatory
• SCZ — Scandium Stabilized Zirconia
• HSV — High Shear Viscosity
• CF — Ceramic Fiber
• NOS — Nitrogen Oxide System
• AC — Aromatic Carbon
• ICSN — L'Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
• MAD — Multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction
• D — Dilute
• ISI — Initial State Interaction
• AGO — Atmospheric Gas Oil
• OSI — Ordinary Stuffed Isotopes
• NH — Nitrogen
• DOVM — Diffuse Organic Vapor Monitor
• CWM — Chemical Warfare Material
• CBRE — Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Element
• ZDC — Zero Degrees Kelvin
• OFC — Oxygen Free Copper
• COLOC — COrrrelation Spectroscopy via LOng Range Coupling
• TNS — Test No Ether
• RACHEL — Random Access Chemical Hazards Electronic Library
• MGCL — Magnesium chloride
• INADEQUATE — Incredible Natural Abundance DoublE-QUAntum TransfEr
• TAE — Total Activity Enhancer
• M — Methyl
• PCP — preservatives containing pentachlorophenol
• CHGB — Chromogranin B
• GSX — Granular Salmeterol Xinafoate
• DIP — Dissolved Inorganic Phosphate
• HBCD — Hexabromocyclododecane (brominated flame retardant; also seen as HBCDD)
• SIN — Self-Inactivating
• IDP — Instant Dissolving Process
• DCOD — Dissolved Chemical Oxygen Demand

• PVL — Pressure Vacuum Level
• MFPF — Multi-Frequency Phase Fluorometer
• ZK — Zero Kelvin
• AG — Alexander Gibson (Silver Springs, MD)
• OTA — Ortho-Tolidine-Arsenite
• HCL — Help Charlie Lake
• OSA — olefin modified styrene acrylonitrile
• LF — Low FluoroCarbon
• TLD — Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter systems
• PGE — Platinum Group Elements
• MIBK — MethylIsoButylKetone
• DEG — Di-Ethylene Glycol
• OFHC — Oxygen Free High thermal Conductivity
• DMAD — DiMethyl- Amino- Diphosphonate
• EPD — End Point Dilution
• IQ — Ion Quality
• L — Liquid
• ERW — Electrolyzed Reduced Water
• IGS — Insoluble Glue Substances
• NDM — Nuclear Density Measurement
• PVDA — polyvinylidene acetate
• CAP — Cellulose Acetate Proprionate
• HS — Hidden States
• CDT — Carbohydrate Depleted Transferrin
• GKS — Gaspar-Kohn-Sham (potential For Exchange And Correlation In Band Structure Calcns.)
• DPM — Dynamic Proton Model
• PGM — Platinum Group Metals
• ACGIA — American Capital Group I Assets
• IV — Iodine Value
• AOI — Age of Innocence
• QUANT. — quantitative or quantity
• CISS — Chromosome Instability Syndromes
• DIAPHOX — Diaminophosphine Oxide
• ZRE — Zinc-Responsive Element
• CHM — Chemistry
• ATC — Alcohol Type Concentrate
• YAP — Yield Analysis Pattern
• CIS — Chemical Information Systems, Inc.
• HOMS — Hands on Molecular Science
• SCW — Super Critical Water
• NQO — Nitroquinoline Oxide
• CKB — creatine kinase brain
• UHT — Ultra High Temperature
• MH — Methyl hydroxyl
• ECI — Electron Capture Ionization
• HSN — Hehre, Shusterman, and Nelson
• CMTK — Chloride Moisture Test Kit
• LC-MS — Liquid Chromotography with Mass Spectrometry
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• BAC — Battery Acid Concoction

• OD — Oxygen Demand
• OWP — On Weight Of Polypropylene
• HDDMA — HexaneDiolDiMethAcrylate
• ICP-MS — Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
• BCP — bathocuproine
• WSP — Water Soluble Packet
• SA — Surface Area
• EMS — Ethyl Methane Sulphonate
• SN — Superconducting Normally
• REM — Relative Electrophoresis Mobility
• DQS — Discrete Quantum State
• MIT — MethylIsoThiazolinone
• GLO — GLyOxalase
• TCVF — Two Chamber Vacuum Furnace
• CAB — Cation-Anion Balance
• HTG — High Temperature Generator
• SPD — Suspended Particle Device
• TEC — Thermal Electrric Cooler
• QS — Quality Systems
• RMM — Relative Molecular Mass
• RAS — Replicate And Simulate
• RGA — Residual Gas Analyzer
• UVF — UltraViolet Filter
• DBE — Donor Bound Exciton
• NAC — N -acetyl cysteine
• BO — BenzOyloxime
• TSPM — Total Suspended Particulate Matter
• SDZ — SulphaDiaZine
• WCLM — World Chemistry Leadership Meeting
• ECTFE — Ethylene Chloro-Tetra-Fluoro-Ethylene
• VO — Vacuum Oven
• CPD — Convex Polyhedron Decomposition
• MIBK — Methyl-IsoButhyl Ketone
• CPOS — Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
• ELISA — Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
• UPE — Unsaturated Polyester
• ISBZ — IsoStearyl BenZoate
• TSP — Tri Sodium Phosphate
• LPG — Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• DPD — DihydroPyridimidine Dehydrogenase
• MBBA — N-4-ButylAniline
• XVS — eXtreme Ventilation Station
• DRR — Double Replacement Reaction
• ACM — Anormal Chemical Material
• PBS — Phosphate Buffered Saline
• RN — Radon
• TED — Thaddium Elemental Diverter
• QSPC — Canonical Spagyric Quintessence Of Paracelsus
• LTG — Liquid To Gas
• SBR — Sequncing Batch Reactor

• NOLJ — NO Longer Joined
• CXXH — Cys-X2-His
• PH — Potassium hydrogen
• NAF — Newark Air Force
• SDL — Simple Direct Layer
• VHP — Very High Pressure
• NMR — Non Monotonic Reasoning
• LM — Lithium Manganese
• TOA — Tetracyclic Oxindole Alkaloid
• SN — Sporting News
• HIQ — Health Insurance Quote
• DCA; DOCA — Deoxycholic acid
• CO — Colloidal Oligo
• CAF — Compressed Asbestos Fiber
• WVN — Water Vapor Nitrogen
• LH — Low Heat
• HBON — Hydrogen BONd energy
• LDF — London Dispersion Forces (intermolecular bonding strength)
• EMMA — Euclidean Model MAtching
• DNP — Di-Nitro Phenol
• DT — Dispersion Threshold
• HEC — High-Elongation Carbon
• HTS — Heat Transfer Salt
• CR — corrosion resistant
• TBP — Tertiary-Butyl Phosphine
• MP — Metal Particle
• TBC — 4-TertButylCatechol
• POC — Polar Organic Contaminant
• AEP — Affinity ElectroPhoresis
• VD — Volume distribution
• TD — Thermal Deposition
• DCPD — Dicyclopentadiene
• GRECCO — GRadient Enhanced Carbon COupling
• TMAF — TetraMethyl Ammonium Flouride
• NPG — Neat Propylene Glycol
• GLOX — GLyolax OXidase
• NAB — Native Acrylamide Bis
• NMP — N Methyl Pyrrolidone
• EDC — Electron Donating Cardinal
• SG — Spheroidal Graphite
• PEA — PolyEster-Amine
• LCP — Le Chatelier's Principle
• AT — Alkaline Transition
• HCC — Heat Of Carbon Combustion
• CHC — Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
• CCC — Computer Controlled Combustion
• ALP — Activating Local Potential
• HED — Hot Electron Death
• CVCS — Chemical Volume Control System
• PB — polyubutylene

• I.I.D. — independent and identically distributed
• UVF — UtraViolet Filter
• RPCR — Realtime Polymerase Chain Reaction
• CL — Chromosome Lesions
• GS-SELINCOR — gradient-selected SELective INverse H,C CORrelation 
• WSPI — Water-Soluable Phosphorous, Inorganic
• AGROCHEMIST — Agrochemistry
• STA-1 — University of St Andrews-1
• WSPO — Water-Soluble Phosphorous, Organic
• DMA — N,N-Dimethylacetamide
• DOS — dioctyl sebacate
• HOPES — Helping Orphans Physically Emotionally And Spiritually
• GS — Gold And Silver
• CLR — Calcium, Lime, and Rust remover
• UVA — Ultraviolet and Visible Absorpti
• OH — Oxygen And Hydrogen
• CATL — Catalysis Letters
• U — Uranium
• CPP — Cast Polypropylene (film)
• TEO — Thermoplastic Elastic Olefin
• COC — cycloolefin copolymer
• RSA — Radical Scavenging Activity
• EIEK — Equilibrium Isotope Exchange Kinetics
• R — Radiation
• WSOL — Water Soluble
• SGRS — Sugar transport-related sRNA
• TAC — Teiacetyl Cellulose
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institutetute of Toxicology
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• TC — Technitium
• CHESS — Chemical Shift Selective Imaging Sequence
• KTM — Kinetic Thermal Mixing
• S — Saturating
• VINF — Velocity of INFiltration
• CILP — Cartilage Intermediate Layer Protein
• IWEPNM — International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials
• STA-2 — University of St Andrews-2
• PCU — Platinum-Cobalt Unit
• GS — Guanosine Synthetase
• VSOE — Varying Substances Of Equality
• UQB — Ucon Quenchant B
• IRAA — Internal Reference Amino Acid
• DOP — Dioctyl Phthalate
• MTMS — Materials Transformation & Machining Show
• MF — Methyl Formate
• NPS — Network Protein Sequence
• BPDE — Benzo [A]PyreneDiol-Epoxide
• TEC — Thermal Electric Cooler
• UCB — Union Chemique Belge
• AS — arsenic trioxide

• HAP — Holographic Assistance Program
• GAD — glutamate decarboxylase
• DEHS — Design Environmental Heating Systems (Ireland)
• IVD — Ion Vapor Deposition
• EH — Error Handler
• DIC — Distillation In Column
• SCVF — Single Chamber Vacuum Furnace
• NITI — Nickel titanium
• SUS — Suspension System
• TDIC — Total Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
• VMAX — Maximum Value
• AHD — Argon High Density
• FFR — Field-Free Region
• OFHC — Oxygen-Free High Conductivity
• UQC — Ucon Quenchant C
• XEI — Xenon Iodine
• HFLL — Half-Filled Landau Level
• LUZ — Lower Unsaturated Zone
• CPVC — Critical Pigment Volume Concentration
• DMBD — DiMethyl-1,3-Buta Diene
• SIFT — Selected Ion Flow Tube
• VAP — Volume Accumulation Percent
• KC — Kitchen Culture
• GC — Geiger Counter
• OSI — Orchestra of Strategic Influence
• MMA — Methyl Methacrylate A
• EPS — Extended Poly Styrene
• NF — No Ferrite
• AO — aqueous oxygen
• COSY — correlated spectroscopy
• CST — CentiStokes
• SI — Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
• JUMPRET — JUMP-and-RETurn Water Suppression
• UUD — UnUnDuium
• RE — Rhenium
• TAC — Tantalum Carbide
• PSV — Pressure safety valve
• IOCB — Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• HCFC — Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
• LME — Liquid Metal Embritlement
• SBQ — Styryl Basolium Quaternary
• TMCH — Trimethyl Cyclohexanol
• ED — Edged Dilute
• PEK — Poly Ether Ketone
• ARD — Accelerated Rehabilative Disposition
• BAA — Bragg Amino Acids
• PCP — Phenyl Cycli Piperidine
• MCC — Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
• DMBI — DiMethyl-3-Butyl Imidazolium
• SIFC — Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator

• MD — Molecular Diameter
• AA — Amino Acrylate
• QED — Quod Erat Demonstradum
• BABS — Barium Alumino BoroSilicate
• GLO — Glyoxalase I
• CRL — Calcium, Rust, and Lime
• OVI — Organic Volatile Impurities
• GHC — Glycinated Herbal Complex
• GP — Glucose Precursor
• HL — Half-Life
• NOEDIF — NOEDIFference Experiment
• EDP — Ethylene Diamine Pyrocatehol
• MW — Magnetized Water
• TEPA — Tetraethylenepentamine
• GS-SELCOSY — gradient-selected SELective COrrelation  SpectroscopY 
• PDEIS — Potentiodynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
• HLCS — Holocarboxylase Synthetase
• ULT — Ultra-Low Temperature
• QHP — Quinolide Hydro- Peroxide
• R — Recipe
• R — Refinement
• PAO — PolyAlphaOlefin
• EM — Elevated Moisture
• ACC — Aluminum Carbon Carbon
• CTS — Coolant Temperature Sensor
• LB — Lewis Base
• HNAB — HexaNitroAzoBenzene
• NH — No Headstone
• PVP — Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone
• MC — Middle Carbonate
• CKC — Canine Kidney Cell
• CA — Carbon Alpha
• NE — Non-Equilibrium
• FSI — Final State Interactions
• VRN — Variable Rate Nitrogen
• TDM — Time Density Mass
• NH4 — Ammonium (not an acronym)
• CRS — Complete Residue System
• LA — Lanthanum Aluminate
• TCE — The Chemical Engineer magazine
• FCCU — Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit
• HVLP — High Volume/Low Pressure
• VBT — Valence Bond Theory
• UVR — Ultra Violet Reactive
• PEM — Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
• UVB — Ultraviolet Beta
• UEH — Unennhexium element 196
• CLC — Cross Linked Cellulose
• TETA — Triethylenetetramine
• WB — Weak Bond

• TEA — Terminal Electron Acceptor
• CRSD — Chemical Reference Sources Database
• CIS — Continuous Interleaved Sampling (cochlear implants)
• DTSC — Differential Temperature Scanning Calorimeter
• TT — Thermal Transfer
• DMAL — DiMethyl Alaninate
• DHA — docosahexanoic acid
• CSO — Correct Solution Only
• BCF — Black Carbon Fiber
• ODAB — Octyl-p-(Dimethyl-Amino)- Benzoate
• GVL — gamma valeroactone
• CA — Controlled Atmosphere
• EGDS — Ethylene Glycol DiSstearate
• LCL — Link Connected Liquid
• AZPHPAA — AzidoPhenyl-derivatized Poly-Acrylic Acid
• FSS — Full Substitution Saturation
• RAD — radioactive
• PU — Plutonium