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Chemical Abstracts Standard Abbreviations

 

A B C D E F G H  I  J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Chemical Abstracts uses lots of abbreviations and acronyms. Users need to know them to use them as search key or identify them in the articles.

                                   

A

 
absolute

abs

abstract abstr
#addition addn
additional(ly) addnl
adenosine 5'-diphosphate ADP
adenosine 5'-monophosphate AMP
adenosine triphosphatase ATPase
adrenocorticotropin ACTH
#alcohol(ic) alc
#aliphatic aliph
alkaline alk
alkalinity* alky
all valence electron AVE
alternating current a c
amount amt
ampere (unit) A
#analysis* anal
#analytical(ly) anal
angstrom unit A
anhydrous anhyd
apparatus app
approximate(ly) approx
approximation approxn
#aqueous aq
#aromatic arom
associate assoc
associated assocd
associating assocg
#association assocn
asymmetric(al)(ly) asym
atmosphere (unit) atm
atmospheric atm
#atomic at
atomic mass unit amu
atomic orbital AO
augmented plane wave APW
average av
   
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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer BCS
barrel (unit) bbl
becquerel (unit) Bq
billion electron volts (unit) GeV
biochemical oxygen demand BOD
body centered cubic bcc
Bohr magneton (unit) mB
boiling point bp
British thermal unit Btu
bushel (unit) bu
butyl (normal) Bu
   
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#calculate calc
#calculated calcd
#calculating calcg
#calculation calcn
calorie (unit) cal
carboxymethyl cellulose CM cellulose
#chemical(ly) chem
chemical oxygen demand COD
chemically pure CP
#chemistry chem
circular dichroism CD
#clinical(ly) clin
coefficient coeff
coenzyme A CoA
coherent potential approximation CPA
commercial(ly) com
complete neglect of differential overlap CNDO
composition compn
compound compd
concanavalin A Con A
#concentrate conc
#concentrated concd
#concentrating concg
#concentration concn
#conductivity* cond
configuration interaction CI
constant const
containing contg
corrected cor
coulomb (unit) C
coupled electron pair approximation CEPA
#critical crit
#crystalline cryst
#crystallization crystn
#crystallized crystd
#crystallizing crystg
cubic feet per minute (unit) cfm
curie (unit) Ci
current density cd
cyclic AMP cAMP
cyclic GMP cGMP
cytidine 5'-diphosphate CDP
cytidine 5'-monophosphate CMP
cytidine 5'-triphosphate CTP
   
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debye unit D
decompose decomp
decomposed decompd
decomposing decompg
#decomposition decompn
#degradation degrdn
degree Celsius centigrade (unit) C
degree Fahrenheit (unit) F
degree Kelvin K
degree of polymerization d p
density d
deoxyribonuclease DNase
deoxyribonucleic acid DNA
derivative deriv
#determination detn
determine det
#determined detd
determining detg
diameter diam
diatomics-in-molecules DIM
diethylaminoethyl cellulose DEAE cellulose
differential thermal analysis DTA
dilute dil
diluted dild
diluting dilg
dilution diln
dimethylformamide DMF
dimethyl sulfoxide DMSO
diphosphopyridine nucleotide NAD
direct current dc
disintegrations per minute (unit) dpm
dissociate dissoc
dissociated dissocd
dissociating dissocg
#dissociation dissocn
#distillation distn
#distilled distd
#distilling distg
   
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effective dose ED
#electric(al)(ly) elec
electrocardiogram ECG
electroencephalogram EEG
electromagnetic unit emu
electromotive force emf
electron paramagnetic resonance ESR
electron spin resonance ESR
electron volt (unit) eV
electrostatic unit esu
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA
#equilibrium(s) equil
equivalent (unit) equiv
#equivalent equiv
especially esp
estimate est
estimated estd
estimating estg
estimation estn
ethyl Et
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid EDTA
evaporate evap
evaporated evapd
evaporating evapg
evaporation evapn
#examination examn
#examined examd
#examining examg
experiment expt
experimental(ly) exptl
extended Hueckel molecular orbital EHMO
extract ext
extracted extd
extracting extg
#extraction extn
   
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face centered cubic fcc
farad (unit) F
fermentation fermn
flavin adenine dinucleotide FAD
flavin mononucleotide FMN
floating spherical Gaussian orbital FSGO
foot (unit) ft
foot-pound (unit) ft lb
follicle-stimulating hormone FSH
freezing point fp
   
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gallon (unit) gal
gauss (unit) G
Gaussian-type orbital GTO
gram (unit) g
gravitational constant g
gray (absorbed radiation dose) (unit) Gy
guanosine 5'-diphosphate GDP
guanosine 5'-monophosphate GMP
guanosine 5'-triphosphate GTP
   
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hectare ha
henry H
#hemoglobin b
hertz (cycles/sec) (unit) Hz
hexagonal close-packed hcp
highest occupied molecular orbital HOMO
hour (unit) h
Hueckel molecular orbital HMO
hundredweight (unit) cwt
hydrogenic atoms in molecules HAM
   
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immunoglobulin Ig
inch (unit) in
independent electron pair approximation IEPA
infrared IR
inhibitory dose ID
inosine 5'-diphosphate IDP
inosine 5'-monophosphate IMP
inosine 5'-triphosphate ITP
intermediate neglect of differential overlap INDO
international unit IU
interstitial cell-stimulating hormone ICSH
intramuscular(ly) im
intraperitoneal(ly) ip
intravenous(ly) iv
#irradiation irradn
iterative extended Hueckel molecular orbital IEHMO
   
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joule (unit) J
   
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kelvin (unit) K
   
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laboratory lab
lethal dose LD
linear combination of atomic orbitals LCAO
linear combination of fragment configuration LCFC
liquid liq
liter (unit) L
low energy electron diffraction LEED
lowest unoccupied molecular orbital LUMO
lumen (unit) lm
luteinizing hormone LH
lux (unit) lx
   
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magnetohydrodynamics MHD
manufacture manuf
manufactured manufd
manufacturing manufg
mathematical(ly) math
maximum(s) max
maxwell (unit) Mx
#mechanical(ly) mech
melanocyte-stimulating hormone MSH
melting at m
melting point mp
melts at m
messenger RNA mRNA
metabolism metab
meter (unit) m
methyl Me
mile (unit) mi
miles per hour (unit) mph
minimum(s) min
minute (unit) min
miscellaneous misc
#mixture mixt
modified neglect of diatomic overlap MNDO
molal (unit) m
molar (unit) M
mole (unit) mol
#molecular mol
molecular orbital MO
#molecule mol
molecules-in-molecules MIM
month (unit) mo
mu (micron) mu
multiconfigurational self-consistent field MC SCF
   
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#negative(ly) neg
neglect of diatomic differential overlap NDDO
neglect of nonbonded differential overlap NNDO
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NAD
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate NADP
nicotinamide mononucleotide NMN
nuclear magnetic resonance NMR
nuclear quadrupole resonance NQR
number no
   
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observed obsd
oersted (unit) Oe
ohm (unit) omega
optical rotatory dispersion ORD
#organic org
ounce (unit) oz
#oxidation oxidn
   
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Pariser-Parr-Pople PPP
partial neglect of differential overlap PNDO
parts per billion (unit) ppb
parts per million (unit) ppm
pascal (unit) Pa
perturbational molecular orbital PMO
phenyl Ph
#physical(ly) phys
pint (unit) pt
poise (unit) P
#polymerization polymn
#polymerized polymd
#polymerizing polymg
#positive(ly) pos
potential difference pd
pound (unit) lb
pounds per square inch (unit) psi
pounds per square inch absolute (unit) psia
pounds per square inch gage (unit) psig
#powdered powd
#precipitate ppt
#precipitated pptd
#precipitating pptg
#precipitation pptn
preparation prepn
prepare prep
prepared prepd
preparing prepg
#production prodn
propyl (normal) Pr
#purification purifn
   
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qualitative(ly) ual
#quantitative(ly) quant
quart (unit) qt
   
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radioimmunoassay RIA
random phase approximation RPA
#reduction redn
reference ref
reflection high energy electron diffraction RHEED
reproduction reprodn
resolution resoln
#respective(ly) resp
respiratory quotient RQ
restricted Hartree-Fock RHF
revolutions per minute (unit) rpm
ribonuclease RNase
ribonucleic acid RNA
ribosomal RNA rRNA
roentgen (unit) R
roentgen equivalent man (unit) rem
roentgen equivalent physical (unit) rep
   
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saponification sapon
saponified sapond
saponifying sapong
saturate sat
#saturated satd
saturated calomel electrode SCE
saturating satg
#saturation satn
scanning electron microscopy SEM
second (unit) s
self-consistent field SCF
separate(ly) sep
separated sepd
separating sepg
separation sepn
siemens (unit) S
Slater-type orbital STO
#solubility* soly
#soluble sol
#solution oln
specific gravity sp gr
specific volume sp vol
specific weight sp wt
standard std
steradian (unit) sr
stokes (unit) St
subcutaneous(ly) sc
#symmetric(al)(ly) sym
   
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tablespoon (unit) tbs
teaspoon (unit) tsp
#technical(ly) tech
temperature temp
tesla (unit) T
tetrahydrofuran THF
theoretical(ly) theor
thermodynamic(s) thermodn
thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH
titration titrn
transfer RNA tRNA
triethylaminoethyl cellulose TEAE cellulose
triphosphopyridine nucleotide NADP
   
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ultraviolet UV
United States Pharmacopeia USP
unrestricted Hartree-Fock UHF
uridine 5'-diphosphate UDP
uridine 5'-monophosphate UMP
uridine 5'-triphosphate UTP
UV photoelectron spectroscopy UPS
   
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volt (unit) V
volume vol
   
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watt (unit) W
weber (unit) Wb
week (unit) wk
weight wt
   
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x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XPS
   
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yard (unit) yd
year (unit) yr
   
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zero differential overlap ZDO
   

* Terms whose plurals are not automatically abbreviated by using "s"
# If prefixed, these words are generally abbreviated. For examples, see the list of "Abbreviations for some common prefixed terms" which follows the "Chemical Abstracts Standard Abbreviations" list .
** For representation in computer readable files see "Listing of Characters and Symbols in Computer-Readable Files."

 

ABBREVIATIONS FOR SOME COMMON PREFIXED TERM
 

anal (analysis)

          electroanal

          immunoanal

          microanal

          radioanal

          thermoanal

at [atomic(al)(ly)]

          diat