Scientific Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Symbols 501-1000 Flashcards
1
Q
field effect transistor
A
FET
2
Q
field ionization
A
FI
3
Q
free induction decay
A
fid
4
Q
field ion microscopy
A
FIM
5
Q
far infrared
A
FIR
6
Q
fluid (phase)
A
fl
7
Q
frequency modulation
A
FM
8
Q
Fourier number
A
Fo
9
Q
freezing point
A
fp
10
Q
feet per minute
A
fpm
11
Q
feet per second; foot-pound-second system
A
fps
12
Q
franklin
A
Fr
13
Q
Froude number
A
Fr
14
Q
fibrous glass reinforced polyester; fiber reinforced plastic
A
FRP
15
Q
fructose
A
Fru
16
Q
floating spherical gaussian orbitals
A
FSGO
17
Q
Fourier transform
A
FT
18
Q
foot
A
ft
19
Q
foot pound
A
ft-lb
20
Q
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
A
FTIR
21
Q
Fourier transform mass spectrometry
A
FTMS
22
Q
Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance
A
FTNMR
23
Q
fusion (melting)
A
fus
24
Q
flash vacuum pyrolysis
A
FVP
25
full width at half maximum
FWHM
26
gauss; guanine (in genetic code); giga (SI prefix for 109); glycine
G
27
electrical conductance; Gibbs energy; gravitational constant; sheer modulus
*G*
28
gram; gas (phase)
g
29
acceleration due to gravity; degeneracy; Landé g-factor; statistical weight
*g*
30
γ-aminobutyric acid
GABA
31
gal; galactose
Gal
32
gallon
gal
33
galactosamine
GalN
34
gas-phase basicity
GB
35
gas chromatography
GC
36
gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy
GC-MS
37
glow discharge mass spectroscopy
GDMS
38
guanosine 5’-diphosphate
GDP
39
geminal (on the same carbon atom)
*gem*
40
gigaelectronvolt
GeV
41
glass reinforced
GF
42
gauge invariant atomic orbital
GIAO
43
guided ion beam mass spectrometry
GIBMS
44
glacial
gl
45
4-carboxyglutamic acid
Gla
46
gas-liquid chromatography
GLC
47
glucose
Glc
48
gluconic acid
GlcA
49
glucosamine
GlcN
50
*N*-acetylglucosamine
GlcNAc
51
glucuronic acid
GlcU
52
glutamine
Gln
53
good laboratory practice
GLP
54
glutamic acid
Glu
55
glutamine or glutamic acid (unspecified)
Glx
56
glycine
Gly
57
guanosine 5’-monophosphate
GMP
58
Greenwich mean time
GMT
59
gel-permeation chromatography
GPC
60
gallons per minute
gpm
61
gallon per second
gps
62
Grashof number
*Gr*
63
grain
gr
64
glyceraldehyde
Gra
65
glyceric acid
Gri
66
glycerone [dihydroxyacetone]
Grn
67
glycerol
Gro
68
gaussian-type orbital
GTO
69
guanosine 5’-triphosphate
GTP
70
guanine
Gua
71
gulose
Gul
72
guanosine
Guo
73
grand unified theory
GUT
74
generalized valence bond (method)
GVB
75
Glashow-Weinberg-Salam (theory)
GWS
76
gray; gigayear
Gy
77
henry; histidine
H
78
enthalpy; Hamiltonian function; magnetic field
*H*
79
Hubble constant
*H*0
80
helion; hour; hecto (SI prefix for 102)
h
81
Planck constant
*h*
82
Hartmann number
*Ha*
83
hectare
ha
84
hydrogenic atoms in molecules
HAM
85
haversine
hav
86
hemoglobin
Hb
87
heterocyclic amine; hexachloroacetone
HCA
88
hexachlorobenzene
HCB
89
hexagonal closed packed
hcp
90
homocysteine
Hcy
91
hydrochlorothiazide
HCZ, HCTZ
92
high-density lipoprotein
HDL
93
high-density polyethylene
HDPE
94
hydrodesulfurization
HDS
95
high-energy ion scattering
HEIS
96
high energy physics
HEP
97
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
Hepes
98
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinepropanesulfonic acid
Hepps
99
high frequency; Hartree-Fock (method)
HF
100
hexafluoroacetone
HFA
101
Hartree-Fock orbital
HFO
102
hyperfine structure
hfs
103
hexahydrophthalic anhydride
HHPA
104
high-impact polystyrene
HIPS
105
histidine
His
106
high strength molding compound
HMC
107
hexamethylenediamine
HMDA
108
Hückel molecular orbital
HMO
109
hexamethylenetetramine
HMT
110
cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine
HMX
111
2-chloro-*N*-(2-chloroethyl)-*N*-ethylethanamine
HN1
112
acetic acid
HOAc
113
halogenated organic compound(s)
HOC
114
harmonic oscillator model of aromatic stabilization
HOMAS
115
highest occupied molecular orbital
HOMO
116
harmonic oscillator stabilization energy
HOSE
117
heptyl
Hp
118
horsepower
hp
119
high-performance liquid chromatography
HPLC
120
high pressure mass spectrometry
HPMS
121
*p*-hydroquinone
HQ
122
hour
hr
123
Hückel resonance energy
HRE
124
high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy
HREELS
125
high resolution electron microscopy
HREM
126
hard-soft acid-base (theory)
HSAB
127
homodesmotic stabilization energy
HSE
128
homoserine
Hse
129
homovanillic acid
HVA
130
hexyl
Hx
131
5-hydroxylysine
Hyl
132
hypoxanthine; 4-hydroxyproline
Hyp
133
hertz
Hz
134
isoleucine; inositol; ionomer
I
135
electric current; ionic strength; moment of inertia; nuclear spin angular momentum; radiant intensity
*I*
136
square root of minus one
i
137
electric current
*i*
138
input/output
I/O
139
international atomic time
IAT
140
integrated circuit
IC
141
induced circular dichroism
ICD
142
inductive-coupled plasma
ICP
143
ion cyclotron resonance
ICR
144
improved canonical variational transition-state theory
ICVTST
145
inside diameter
ID
146
ideal (solution)
id
147
iodose
Ido
148
iduronic acid
IdoA
149
inosine 5’-diphosphate
IDP
150
ionization energy
IE
151
isoelectric point
i.e.p.
152
independent electron pair approximation
IEPA
153
intermediate frequency
IF
154
individual gauge for localized orbitals
IGLO
155
isobutylene-isoprene rubber (butyl rubber)
IIR
156
ion kinetic energy spectrometry
IKES
157
isoleucine
Ile
158
imaginary part
Im
159
inelastic mean free path (of electrons)
IMFP
160
immersion
imm
161
inosine 5’-monophosphate
IMP
162
impact ionization avalanche transit time
IMPATT
163
ion mobility spectrometry
IMS
164
inch
in.
165
IUPAC International Chemical Identifier
InChI
166
immediate neglect of differential overlap
INDO
167
inosine
Ino
168
inelastic neutron scattering; ion neutralization spectroscopy
INS
169
*myo*-inositol
Ins
170
internal
int
171
ionization potential
IP
172
isopropyl alcohol
IPA
173
ion probe microanalysis
IPMA
174
interpenetrating polymer network
IPN
175
isotope perturbation of resonance
IPR
176
International Practical Temperature Scale
IPTS
177
2-amino-3-methyl-3*H*-imidazo(4,5-f)quinoline
IQ
178
infrared
IR
179
infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy
IRAS
180
intrinsic reaction coordinate
IRC
181
infrared multiphoton dissociation
IRMPD
182
isotope ratio mass spectrometry
IRMS
183
infrared spectroscopy
IRS
184
intersystem crossing
isc
185
ion-selective electrode; isodesmic stabilization energy
ISE
186
ion scattering spectroscopy
ISS
187
ion trap; information technology
IT
188
inosine 5’-triphosphate
ITP
189
International Temperature Scale (1990)
ITS
190
international unit
IU
191
isobutyl vinyl ether
IVE
192
joule; leucine or isoleucine (unspecified)
J
193
angular momentum; electric current density; flux; Massieu function
*J*
194
angular momentum; electric current density
*j*
195
Jahn-Teller (effect)
JT
196
kelvin; lysine
K
197
absorption coefficient; bulk modulus; equilibrium constant; kinetic energy
*K*
198
kilo (SI prefix for 103)
k
199
absorption index; Boltzmann constant; rate constant; thermal conductivity; wave vector
*k*
200
katal (unit of catalytic activity)
kat
201
kilobar; kilobases (DNA or RNA)
kb
202
Knudson cell mass spectrometry
KC-MS
203
kilocalorie
kcal
204
potassium dihydrogen phosphate
KDP
205
kinetic energy
KE
206
kinetic energy release distributions
KERD
207
kiloelectronvolt
keV
208
kinetics in the gas phase
KG
209
kilogram
kg
210
kilogram force
kgf
211
kinetic isotope effect
KIE
212
kilojoule
kJ
213
kilometer
km
214
Knudsen number
*Kn*
215
kilopascal
kPa
216
kinetics in solution
KS
217
karat
kt
218
potassium titanium phosphate
KTP
219
kilovolt
kV
220
kilovolt ampere
kva
221
kilowatt
kW
222
kilowatt hour
kwh
223
liter; lambert; leucine
L
224
Avogadro constant; inductance; Lagrange function; angular momentum
*L*
225
liter; liquid (phase)
l
226
angular momentum; length; mean free path; levorotatory
*l*
227
lactose
Lac
228
lithium aluminum hydride
LAH
229
latitude
lat.
230
pound
lb
231
pound force
lbf
232
liquid chromatography; liquid crystal
LC
233
liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
LC-MS
234
liquid crystal (phase)
lc
235
linear combination of atomic orbitals
LCAO
236
lethal dose; laser desorption
LD
237
local density approximation; lithium diisopropylamide
LDA
238
low-density lipoprotein
LDL
239
low-density polyethylene
LDPE
240
laser-Doppler velocimetry
LDV
241
Lewis function
*Le*
242
localization energy
LE
243
liquid exchange chromatography
LEC
244
light emitting diode
LED
245
low-energy electron diffraction
LEED
246
low-energy ion scattering
LEIS
247
leucine
Leu
248
linear free energy relationships
LFER
249
lower flammable limit
LFL
250
laser ionization
LI
251
limit
lim
252
laser ionization mass spectroscopy; laboratory information management system
LIMS
253
liquid
liq
254
linear ion trap
LIT
255
ligand to ligand charge transfer
LLCT
256
lumen
lm
257
ligand to metal charge transfer
LMCT
258
laser microprobe mass spectrometry
LMMS
259
localized molecular orbital
LMO
260
laser magnetic resonance
LMR
261
logarithm (natural)
ln
262
local neglect of differential overlap
LNDO
263
logarithm (common)
log
264
lowest occupied molecular orbital
LOMO
265
longitude
long.
266
linear polyethylene
LPE
267
liquid petroleum gas
LPG
268
laser-powered homogeneous pyrolysis
LPHP
269
law of propagation of uncertainty
LPU
270
linear field stabilization energy
LSFE
271
liquid secondary ionization
LSI
272
local sidereal time
LST
273
local time
LT
274
local thermodynamic equilibrium
LTE
275
lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
LUMO
276
lux
lx
277
langley
ly
278
light year
l.y.
279
lysine
Lys
280
lyxose
Lyx
281
molar (as in 0.1 M solution); mega (SI prefix for 106); methionine
M
282
magnetization; molar mass; mutual inductance; torque; angular momentum component; median
*M*
283
molecular weight (relative molar mass)
*M*r
284
meter; molal (as in 0.1 m solution); metastable (isotope); milli (SI prefix for 10–3)
m
285
magnetic dipole moment; mass; molality; angular momentum component; *meta* (locant on aromatic ring)
*m*
286
Mach number
*Ma*
287
maleic anhydride
MA
288
methyl amyl acetate
MAAc
289
maltose
Mal
290
mannose
Man
291
magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance
MASNMR
292
maximum
max
293
myoglobin
Mb
294
molecular beam epitaxy
MBE
295
molecular beam electron resonance
MBER
296
methyl butyl ketone
MBK
297
4,4’-methylenebis[2-chloroaniline]
MBOCA
298
many body perturbation theory
MBPT
299
methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene terpolymer
MBS
300
Monte Carlo (method)
MC
301
monochloroacetic acid
MCAA
302
magnetic circular dichroism
MCD
303
microchannel plate
MCP
304
(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid
MCPA
305
modified coupled pair functional
MCPF
306
Monte Carlo simulation
MCS
307
multiconfigurational self-consistent field (approximation)
MCSCF
308
molecular dynamics (method)
MD
309
methylene diphenylisocyanate
MDI
310
medium density polyethylene
MDPE
311
methyl
Me
312
1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-1-nitrosourea
MeCCNU
313
2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline
MeIQ
314
2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline
MeIQx
315
methyl ethyl ketone
MEK
316
molecular electrostatic potential
MEP
317
minimum energy reaction path
MERP
318
4-morpholineethanesulfonic acid
Mes
319
metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor
MESFET
320
methionine
Met
321
megaelectronvolt
MeV
322
millielectronvolt
meV
323
molecular formula; melamine-formaldehyde resin
MF
324
milligram
mg
325
magnetohydrodynamics
MHD
326
mile
mi
327
methyl isoamyl ketone
MIAK
328
methyl isobutyl ketone
MIBK
329
methyl isocyanate
MIC
330
methyl isobutyl ketone
MIK
331
mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry
MIKES
332
minimum; minute
min
333
modified INDO (method)
MINDO
334
methyl isopropyl ketone
MIPK
335
mid infrared
MIR
336
miscible
misc
337
meter-kilogram-second system
MKS
338
meter-kilogram-second-ampere system
MKSA
339
milliliter
mL, ml
340
molecular mechanics
MM
341
millimeter
mm
342
microwave-microwave double resonance
MMDR
343
magnetomotive force
mmf
344
millimeter of mercury
mmHg
345
*m*-nitroaniline
MNA
346
modified neglect of diatomic overlap
MNDO
347
*m*-nitrotoluene
MNT
348
*N*-methyl-*N*-nitrosourea
MNU
349
molecular orbital; methyl orange
MO
350
microwave-optical double resonance
MODR
351
mole
mol
352
molecular weight
mol.wt.
353
monomeric form
mon
354
4-morpholinepropanesulfonic acid
Mops
355
metal-oxide semiconductor
MOS
356
metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOSFET
357
melting point
mp
358
megapascal
MPa
359
Mulliken population analysis
MPA
360
megaparsec
Mpc
361
2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol
MPD
362
multiphoton ionization
MPI
363
1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-4-phenylpyridine
MPTP
364
methyl red
MR
365
multireference double substitution (method)
MRD
366
magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
367
messenger RNA
mRNA
368
mass spectroscopy
MS
369
millisecond
ms
370
methanesulfonic acid
MSA
371
Material Safety Data Sheet
MSDS
372
methanesulfonyl fluoride
MSF
373
mass spectroscopy – kinetic method
MS-K
374
mean sea level
MSL
375
methyl *tert*-butyl ether
MTBE
376
maximum tolerable dose
MTD
377
muramic acid
Mur
378
millivolt
mV
379
methyl vinyl ketone
MVK
380
megawatt; microwave; molecular weight
MW
381
milliwatt
mW
382
molecular weight distribution
MWD
383
maxwell
Mx
384
newton; asparagine
N
385
angular momentum; neutron number; number density
*N*
386
Avogadro constant
*N*A
387
neutron; nano (SI prefix for 10–9)
n
388
amount of substance; number density; principal quantum number; refractive index; normal (in chemical formulas)
*n*
389
nuclear activation analysis; 1-naphthaleneacetic acid
NAA
390
nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide
NAAD
391
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NAD
392
reduced NAD
NADH
393
NAD phosphate
NADP
394
*N*-acetylneuraminic acid
NANA
395
natural atomic orbital
NAO
396
natural bond orbital
NBO
397
normal boiling point
nbp
398
nitrile butadiene rubber [poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile)]
NBR
399
*N*-nitrosodiethanolamine
NDELA
400
nuclear electron double resonance
NEDOR
401
*N*-ethylmorpholine
NEM
402
neuraminic acid
Neu
403
near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure
NEXAFS
404
nanogram
ng
405
natural hybrid orbital
NHO
406
next-to-highest occupied molecular orbital
NHOMO
407
negative ion chemical ionization
NICI
408
nuclear independent chemical shift
NICS
409
near infrared; ribosylnicotinamide
NIR
410
nanometer
nm
411
β-nicotinamide mononucleotide
NMN
412
nuclear magnetic resonance
NMR
413
nonyl
Nn
414
neglect of nonbonded differential overlap
NNDO
415
natural orbital
NO
416
nuclear Overhauser effect
NOE
417
no-observed-effect level
NOEL
418
nitrogen oxides
NOx
419
nitropyrene
NP
420
natural population analysis
NPA
421
nuclear quadrupole resonance
NQR
422
natural rubber
NR
423
nuclear reaction analysis
NRA
424
nanosecond
ns
425
neutron spin echo
NSE
426
nitrilotriacetic acid
NTA
427
normal temperature and pressure
NTP
428
nucleophile
Nu
429
Nusselt number
*Nu*
430
*ortho* (locant on aromatic ring)
*o*
431
oxaloacetic acid
OAA
432
observed
obs, obsd
433
octyl
Oc
434
optical density; outside diameter
OD
435
optically detected magnetic resonance
ODMR
436
oersted
Oe
437
outer valence Green’s function (method)
OFGF
438
*o*-nitroaniline
ONA
439
optical rotatory dispersion
ORD
440
orotate; orotidine
Oro
441
ounce
oz
442
poise; peta (SI prefix for 1015); proline
P
443
power; pressure; probability; sound energy flux
*P*
444
proton; pico (SI prefix for 10–12)
p
445
dielectric polarization; electric dipole moment; momentum; pressure; bond order; *para* (as aromatic ring locant)
*p*
446
pascal
Pa
447
proton affinity; pyrrolizidine alkaloid; polyamide (nylon)
PA
448
poly(acrylic acid)
PAA
449
*p*-aminobenzoic acid
PABA
450
*p*-aminobenzenesulfonamide
PABS
451
photoacoustic calorimetry
PAC
452
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(s)
PAH
453
polyamide-imide
PAI
454
polyaniline
PAL
455
polyacrylamide
PAM
456
1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol; polyacrylonitrile
PAN
457
4-(2’-pyridylazo)resorcinol
PAR
458
polyaryl amide
PARA
459
photoacoustic spectroscopy; polyarylsulfone
PAS
460
polybutylene
PB
461
poly(butyl acrylate)
PBA
462
polybutylene-acrylonitrile copolymer
PBAN
463
polybrominated biphenyl
PBB
464
poly(1,3-butadiene)
PBD
465
polybenzimidazole
PBI
466
poly(butyl methacrylate)
PBMA
467
polybutadiene-styrene copolymer
PBS
468
poly(butylene terephthalate)
PBT
469
paper chromatography; photocalorimetry; polycarbonate
PC
470
parsec
pc
471
polychlorinated biphenyl
PCB
472
paraldehyde (2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-trioxane)
PCHO
473
polycaprolactone
PCL
474
polarizable continuum model
PCM
475
pentachloronitrobenzene
PCNB
476
pentachlorophenol
PCP
477
polymerase chain reaction
PCR
478
poly(cyclohexylene terephthalate)
PCT
479
polymonochlorotrifluoroethylene
PCTFE
480
potential difference
PD
481
*p*-dichlorobenzene
PDB
482
poundal
pdl
483
poly(dimethylsiloxane)
PDMS
484
polyethylene
PE
485
pentyl
Pe
486
Péclet number
*Pe*
487
probable error
pe
488
poly(ethyl acrylate)
PEA
489
poly(ether ether ketone)
PEEK
490
poly(ethylene glycol)
PEG
491
polyetherimide
PEI
492
polyetherketone
PEK
493
permissible exposure limit
PEL
494
poly(ethylene oxide)
PEO
495
photoelectron spectroscopy; potential energy surface; polyethersulfone
PES
496
positron emission tomography; poly(ethylene terephthalate); pentaerythritol tetranitrate
PET
497
petroleum ether
peth
498
crosslinked polyethylene
PEX
499
phenol-formaldehyde resin
PF
500
power factor
pf
