Scientific Abbreviations, Acronyms, & Symbols 1001-1452 Flashcards by R Y

perfluorooctanoic acid

PFOA

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picogram

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phenyl

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negative log of hydrogen ion concentration

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phenylalanine

Phe

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2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine

PhIP

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pulsed high pressure mass spectrometry

PHPMS

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polyimide

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isoelectric point

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polyisobutylene

PIB

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photoionization mass spectrometry

PIMS

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p-intrinsic-n (diode)

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1,4-piperazinediethanesulfonic acid

Pipes

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particle-image velocimetry

PIV

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particle induced x-ray emission

PIXE

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negative log of ionization constant

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principle of least motion

PLM

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porous-layer open-tabular (column)

PLOT

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partial least squares

PLS

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picometer

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poly(methyl acrylate)

PMA

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phenylmercuric acetate

PMAC

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poly(methyl methacrylate)

PMMA

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perturbation MO (theory)

PMO

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polymethylpentene

PMP

polymethylstyrene; *p*-methylstyrene

PMS

*p*-nitroaniline

PNA

partial neglect of differential overlap

PNDO

pair natural orbitals

PNO

prompt nuclear reaction analysis

PNRA

*p*-nitrotoluene

PNT

polyolefin

π-orbital axis vector

POAV

polymeric form

pol

polyoxymethylene

POM

phosphorus oxides

POx

polypropylene

parts per billion

ppb

chlorinated polypropylene

PPC

poly(phenylene ether)

PPE

parts per million

ppm

poly(phenylene oxide)

PPO

polypropylene oxide

PPOX

Pariser-Parr-Pople (method)

PPP

poly(phenylene sulfide)

PPS

poly(phenylene sulfone)

PPSU

poly(propylene terephthalate)

PPT

parts per thousand; precipitate

ppt

propyl

Prandtl number

*Pr*

partial retention of diatomic differential overlap

PRDDO

proline

Pro

photoelectron spectroscopy; polystyrene

picosecond

photon stimulated desorption

PSD

pounds per square inch

psi

pounds per square inch absolute

psia

pounds per square inch gage

psig

perturbation theory

pint

poly(tetrafluoroethylene)

PTFE

poly(tetramethylene terephthalate)

PTME

propyltrimethoxysilane

PTMS

*p*-terphenyl

PTP

phenylthiourea

PTU

polyurethane

purine

poly(vinyl alcohol)

PVA

poly(vinyl acetate)

PVAc

poly(vinyl chloride)

PVC

physical vapor deposition

PVD

poly(vinylidene chloride)

PVDC

poly(vinylidene fluoride)

PVDF

poly(vinyl fluoride)

PVF

poly(vinyl carbazole)

PVK

poly(methyl vinyl ether)

PVME

poly(vinyl alcohol)

PVOH

poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)

PVP

pressure-volume-temperature

PVT

pyrimidine

pyrolysis mass spectrometry

PyMS

point of zero charge

p.z.c.

electric charge; heat; partition function; quadrupole moment; radiant energy; vibrational normal coordinate; glutamine

*Q*

electric field gradient; flow rate; heat; wave vector (phonons)

*q*

quantum chromodynamics

QCD

quadratic configuration interaction

QCI

quasi-classical trajectory (method)

QCT

quantum electrodynamics

QED

quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be proved)

Q.E.D.

quadrupole ion trap

QIT

quantum mechanical resonance energy

QMRE

quadrupole mass spectrometry

QMS

quantitative structure-activity relations

QSAR

quasi-stellar object

QSO

quart

quadrillion BTU (=1.055·10¹⁸ joules)

quad

quinovose

Qui

quod vide (which you should see)

q.v.

roentgen; arginine; alkyl radical (in chemical formulas)

degree Rankine

°R

electrical resistance; gas constant; molar refraction; Rydberg constant; coefficient of multiple correlation

*R*

reaction (as in ∆_r*H*)

position vector; radius

*r*

right ascension

radian

rad

reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy

RAIRS

random access memory

RAM

Rutherford back scattering

RBS

ribulose

Rbu, Rul

ring current index

RCI

rubidium dihydrogen arsenate

RDA

rate determining step

RDS

Royal Demolition Explosive (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine)

RDX

real part

resonance energy

radial electron distribution

RED

reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy

REELS

reflection electron microscopy

REM

roentgen equivalent man

rem

resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization

REMPI

resonance energy per electron

REPE

radiofrequency

residual gas analyzer

RGA

rhamnose

Rha

reflection high-energy electron diffraction

RHEED

restricted Hartree-Fock (theory)

RHF

resonance ionization

radioimmunoassay

RIA

ribose

Rib

ribulose

Ribulo

root-mean-square

rms

ribonucleic acid

RNA

ribonuclease

RNase

restricted open shell Hartree-Fock

ROHF

read only memory

ROM

ring opening metathesis polymerization

ROMP

ring opening polymerization

ROP

random phase approximation

RPA

reaction path Hamiltonian

RPH

reversed-phase liquid chromatography

RPLC

revolutions per minute

rpm

revolutions per second

rps

Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel (theory)

RRK

Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (theory)

RRKM

ribosomal RNA

rRNA

resonance Raman spectroscopy

RRS

Raman spectroscopy

reaction-solution calorimetry

RSC

rydberg

siemens; serine

area; entropy; probability current density; Poynting vector; symmetry coordinate; spin angular momentum

*S*

second; solid (phase)

path length; spin angular momentum; symmetry number; sedimentation coefficient; solubility; symmetrical (as stereochemical descriptor)

*s*

selected area electron diffraction

SAED

symmetry adapted linear combinations

SALC

surface analysis by laser ionization

SALI

scanning Auger microscopy

SAM

self-assembled monolayers

SAMS

small angle neutron scattering

SANS

structure-activity relationship

SAR

sarcosine

Sar

saturated

sat, satd

small angle x-ray scattering

SAXS

styrene butadiene copolymer

styrene butadiene styrene block copolymer

SBS

Schmidt number

*Sc*

spin-coupled (method)

state correlation diagram

SCD

saturated calomel electrode

SCE

self-consistent field (method); supercritical fluid

SCF

single cell protein

SCP

silicon-controlled rectifier

SCR

self-consistent reaction field (method)

SCRF

standard deviation

sulfadiazine

SDA

spin density wave

SDW

strain energy

styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer

SEBS

size exclusion chromatography

SEC

secant; second

sec

secondary (in chemical name)

*sec*

spin-echo correlated spectroscopy

SECSY

sedoheptulose

Sed

surface extended energy loss fine structure

SEELFS

scanning electron microscopy; standard error of the mean

SEM

separation

sepn

serine

Ser

surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

SERS

single electron transfer

SET

surface extended x-ray absorption fine structure

SEXAF

supercritical fluid chromatography

SFC

Sherwood number

*Sh*

thiohypoxanthine

Shy

International System of Units; surface ionization

surface-induced dissociation

SID

successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction

SILAR

selected ion monitoring

SIM

secondary-ion spectroscopy

SIMS

sine

sin

hyperbolic sine

sinh

semi-interpenetrating polymer network

SIPN

styrene isoprene styrene block copolymer

SIS

scanning laser acoustic microscopy

SLAM

second lowest unoccupied molecular orbital

SLUMO

simplified molecular input line entry system

SMILES

styrene methyl methacrylate copolymer

SMMA

semiempirical molecular orbital

SMO

Standard Mean Ocean Water (Vienna)

SMOW

sputtered neutral mass spectroscopy

SNMS

thiouridine

Sno

solar neutrino unit

SNU

second-order Jahn-Teller (effect)

SOJT

soluble; solution

sol

solution

soln, sln

singly occupied molecular orbital

SOMO

sorbose

Sor

specific gravity

sp gr

scanned probe microscopy

SPM

single-pulse shock tubes

SPST

square

Strouhal number

*Sr*

steradian

6-thioinosine

Srd

source spark mass spectroscopy

SSMS

stoke

Stanton number

*St*

standard (state)

std, stnd

short-term exposure limit

STEL

scanning transmission electron microscope

STEM

scanning tunneling microscopy

STM

Slater-type orbital

STO

standard temperature and pressure

STP

sublimes; sublimation

sub, subl

sucrose

Suc, Sac

thiouracil

Sur

sievert

stored waveform inverse Fourier transform

SWIFT

tesla; tera (SI prefix for 10¹²); threonine

kinetic energy; period; term value; temperature (thermodynamic); torque; transmittance

*T*

metric tonne; triton

Celsius temperature; thickness; time; transport number

*t*

time-to-amplitude converter

TAC

International Atomic Time

TAI

talose

Tal

tangent

tan

hyperbolic tangent

tanh

3-{[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]amino}-1-propanesulfonic acid

Taps

1,1,2,2-tetrabromoethane

TBE

tributyl phosphate

TBP

titration calorimetry

trichloroacetic acid

TCA

2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid

TCB, TCBA

trichloroethylene

TCE

Geocentric Coordinated Time

TCG

tetracyanoethylene

TCNE

tetracyanoquinodimethane

TCNQ

tricresyl phosphate

TCP

two configuration self-consistent field

TCSCF

toluene-2,4-diamine

TDA

toluene diisocyanate

TDI

transfer DNA

tDNA

transverse electric

triethanolamine; triethylamine

TEA

transferred electron device; transmission electron diffraction

TED

triethylenediamine

TEDA

transmission electron energy loss spectroscopy

TEELS

transverse electromagnetic; transmission electron microscope

TEM

temperature

temp

thermoplastic elastic olefin

TEO

tetraethyl pyrophosphate

TEPP

tertiary (in chemical name)

*tert*

2-{[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]amino}-1-propanesulfonic acid

Tes

Thomas-Fermi-Dirac (method)

TFD

tetrafluoroethylene

TFE

thermogravimetric analysis

TGA

ribosylthymine

Thd

transmission high energy electron diffraction

THEED

theoretical

theor

tetrahydrofuran

thf, THF

1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline

THQ

threonine

Thr

thymine

Thy

thermal ionization

triisopropanolamine

TIPA

thermoluminescence

thin-layer chromatography

TLC

threshold limit value

TLV

transverse magnetic

tetrabutylammonium bromide

TMAB

trimethylamine oxide

TMAO

tri-*m*-cresyl phosphate

TMCP

*N,N,N’,N’*-tetramethyl-1,2-ethanediamine

TMEDA

threshold molecular weight value

TMMV

tetramethylsilane

TMS

2,4,6-trinitroaniline

TNA

1,3,5-trinitrobenzene

TNB

tetranitromethane

TNM

2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

TNT

tri-*o*-cresyl phosphate

TOCP

turnover frequency

TOF

time-of-flight mass spectrometer

TOF-MS

tolyl

tol

turnover number

TON

trioctylphosphine oxide

TOPO

torr (pressure unit)

Torr

tri-*o*-tolyl phosphate

TOTP

thermoplastic elastomer

TPE

triphenyltin acetate

TPTA

triphenyltin chloride

TPTC

topological resonance energy

TRE

trehalose

Tre

*N*-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]glycine

Tricine

2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol

Tris

time-resolved microwave conductivity

TRMC

transfer RNA

tRNA

tryptophan

Trp

transition

trs

transition state

transition state spectroscopy

TSS

generalized transition-state theory

TST

tetrathiofulvalene

TTF

tyrosine

Tyr

uracil (in genetic code)

electric potential difference; internal energy

*U*

unified atomic mass unit

Bloch function; electric mobility; velocity

*u*

astronomical unit (AU is also used)

Urey-Bradley force field

UBFF

1,1-dimethylhydrazine

UDMH

uridine 5’-diphosphate

UDP

ultrahigh frequency; unrestricted Hartree-Fock (method)

UHF

ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

UHMWPE

ultra low density polyethylene

ULDPE

ultra linear polyethylene

ULPE

uridine 5’-monophosphate

UMP

unsymmetrical (as chemical descriptor)

*uns, unsym*

ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy

UPS, UPES

uracil

Ura

uridine

Urd

United States Pharmacopeia

USP

universal time

coordinated universal time

UTC

uridine 5’-triphosphate

UTP

ultraviolet

volt; valine

electric potential; potential energy; volume

*V*

reaction rate; specific volume; velocity; vibrational quantum number; vicinal (as chemical descriptor)

*v*

volume per volume (volume of solute divided by volume of solution, expressed as percent)

v/v

vinyl acetate, vanillic acid

valine

Val

vaporization

vap

vibration assisted tunneling

VAT

valence band; valence bond (theory)

vibrational circular dichroism

VCD

van der Waals interaction

VDW

very high frequency

VHF

vicinal (on adjacent carbon atom)

*vic*

visible region of the spectrum

VIS

vitreous (phase)

vit

very low density polyethylene

VLDPE

very low pressure pyrolysis

VLPP

vanilmandelic acid

VMA

volatile organic compound(s)

VOC

valence orbital force field

VOFF

vapor phase chromatography

VPC

valence shell electron-pair repulsion (method)

VSEPR

valence state ionization potential

VSIP

very large scale integrated (circuit)

VSLI

Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water

VSMOW

vinyltrichlorosilane

VTCS

vacuum ultraviolet

VUV

watt; tryptophan

radiant energy; statistical weight; work

*W*

energy density; mass fraction; velocity; work

*w*

weight per volume (mass of solute divided by volume of solution, usually expressed as g/100 mL)

w/v

weight per weight (mass of solute divided by mass of solution, expressed as percent)

w/w

wide angle x-ray scattering

WAXS

weber

Weber number

*We*

Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (approximation)

WKB

Williams-Landel-Ferry (equation)

WLF

Wiswesser line notation

WLN

weight

X unit; halogen (in chemical formula)

reactance

*X*

mole fraction

*x*

unspecified amino acid

X, Xaa

x-ray absorption fine structure

XAFS

xanthine

Xan

x-ray absorption near-edge structure

XANES

xanthosine

Xao

leucine or isoleucine (unspecified)

Xle

crosslinked polyethylene

XLPE

xylulose

Xlu, Xul

x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

XPS, XPES

x-ray diffraction

XRD

x-ray fluorescence

XRF

x-ray spectroscopy

XRS

xylose

Xyl

yotta (SI prefix for 10²⁴); tyrosine

admittance; Planck function; Young’s modulus

*Y*

yocto (SI prefix for 10^–24)

mole fraction for gas (when *x* refers to liquid phase)

*y*

year

y, yr

yttrium aluminum garnet

YAG

yard

yttrium iron garnet

YIG

zetta (SI prefix for 10²¹); glutamine or glutamic acid (unspecified)

atomic number; compression factor; collision number; impedance; partition function; zusammen (*cis*-configuration)

*Z*

zepto (SI prefix for 10^–21)

charge number (of an ion); collision frequency factor

*z*

zero differential overlap

ZDO

Zerner’s INDO method

ZINDO

zero point vibrational energy

ZPE, ZPVE

Greenwich mean time

ZULU

alpha particle

absorption coefficient; degree of dissociation; electric polarizability; expansion coefficient; fine structure constant

*α*

beta particle

reciprocal temperature parameter (= 1/*kT*)

*β*

photon; gamma (obsolete mass unit = µg)

activity coefficient; conductivity; magnetogyric ratio; mass concentration; ratio of heat capacities; surface tension

*γ*

Grüneisen parameter; level width; surface concentration

*Γ*

inertial defect; mass excess

*∆*

chemical shift; Dirac delta function; Kronecker delta; loss angle

*δ*

emittance; Levi-Civita symbol; linear strain; molar absorption coefficient; permittivity

*ε*

Coriolis coupling constant; electrokinetic potential

*ζ*

overpotential; viscosity

*η*

compressibility; conductivity; magnetic susceptibility; molar absorption coefficient

*κ*

absolute activity; radioactive decay constant; thermal conductivity; wavelength

*λ*

angular momentum; ionic conductivity

*Λ*

muon; micro (SI prefix for 10^–6)

chemical potential; electric dipole moment; electric mobility; friction coefficient; Joule-Thompson coefficient; magnetic dipole moment; mobility; permeability

*µ*

microfarad

µF

microgram

µg

micrometer

µm

microsecond

µs

frequency; kinematic velocity; stoichiometric number

*ν*

neutrino

ν_e

wavenumber

*ν̃*

osmotic pressure; Peltier coefficient

*Π*

pion

density; reflectance; resistivity

*ρ*

electrical conductivity; cross section; normal stress; shielding constant (NMR); Stefan-Boltzmann constant; surface tension; standard deviation

*σ*

transmittance; chemical shift; shear stress; relaxation time

*τ*

magnetic flux; potential energy; radiant power; work function

*Φ*

electrical potential; fugacity coefficient; osmotic coefficient; quantum yield; wave function

*φ*

magnetic susceptibility

*χ*

electric susceptibility

*χ*_e

wave function

*ψ*

ohm

Ω

axial angular momentum; solid angle

*Ω*

circular frequency; angular velocity; harmonic vibration wavenumber; statistical weight

*ω*