Common Abbreviations

Alphabetical Listing



  • A


  • AA - Atomic Absorption
  • ACC - American Chemistry Council
  • ACS - American Chemical Society
  • AEP - Authoring-Encoding-Publishing
  • AIChE - American Institute Of Chemical Engineers
  • ANSI - The American National Standards Institute
  • APCI - Atmospheric-Pressure Chemical Ionization
  • ASQ - The American Society For Quality
  • ASM - Materials Information Society
  • ASTM - The American Society For Testing And Materials
  • ATC - Automatic Tool Changer
  • ATR - Attenuated Total Reflectance
  • AVS - American Vacuum Society
  • AWWA - American Water Works Association


    B


  • BBP - Butyl Benzyl Phthalate
  • BC - British Columbia, Canada.
  • BSA - Bovine Serum Albumin


    C


  • CA - California
  • CAS - Chemical Abstracts Services
  • CC - Close Caption
  • CCB - Continuing Calibration Blank
  • CCV - Continuing Calibration Verification
  • CEU - Continuing Education Units
  • cGMP - Current Good Manufacturing Practice
  • CHO - Chinese Hamster Ovary
  • CL - Chemiluminescence
  • CmfgE - Certified Manufacturing Engineers
  • CmfgT - Certified Manufacturing Technologists
  • COP - Committee On Publications
  • CRM - Customer Relationship Management
  • CTE - Coefficient Of Thermal Expension.
  • CTM - Cavity Transfer Mixer


    D



  • DBP - Di-n-Butyl Phthalate
  • DDI - DNA-Direct Immobilization
  • DEHP - Di(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate
  • DFM - Design-For-Manufacturability
  • DIDP - Diisodecyl Phthalate
  • DINP - Diisononyl Phthalate
  • DLS - Dynamic Light Scattering
  • DMA - Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
  • DNHP - Di-n-Hexyl Phthalate
  • DNOP - Di-n-Octyl Phthalate
  • DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
  • DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
  • DSP - Digital Signal Processing
  • DVB - Polydivinylbenzene


    E


  • EFC - Electronic Flow Control
  • EMI - Electromagnetic Interference
  • EPA - The Environmental Protection Agency
  • ESI - Electrospray Ionization


    F


  • FACSS - Federation Of Analytical Chemistry And Spectroscopy Societies
  • FDA -The US Food And Drug Administration
  • FIA - Flow-Injection Analysis
  • FID - Flame Ionization Detector
  • FLD - Fluorescence Detector
  • FPLC - Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography
  • FRET - Fluorescent Resonance Energy-Transfer.
  • FTIR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry


    G


  • GCP - Good Clinical Practice
  • GDCh - German Chemical Society
  • GFP - Green Fluorescent Protein
  • GLP - Good Laboratory Practice
  • GMF - Genetically Modified Foods
  • GMP - Good Manufacturing Practice.


    H


  • HALS - Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers
  • HART - Highway Addressable Remote Transducer
  • HLL - High-Level Language
  • HMR - Hazardous Materials Regulations
  • HPLC - High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • HTS - High-Throughput Screening


    I


  • IACET - International Association For Continuing Education And Training
  • IAQ - Indoor Air Quality
  • IATA - International Air Transport Association
  • IC - Ion Chromatography
  • IMO - International Maritime Organization
  • INMETCO - International Metals Reclamation Company
  • IPCR - Immuno-Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • IR - Infrared
  • IRI - Industrial Research Institute
  • ISIS - Integrated Sample Introduction System


    J


    K


    L


  • LDPE - Low-Density Polyethylene
  • LLS - Laser Light Scattering
  • LQHUW - Large Quantity Handlers Of Universal Waste
  • LSU - Light Scattering University


    M


  • M&A - Merger And Acquisition
  • MALS - Multi-Angle Light Scattering
  • MIT - Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
  • MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • MRP - Mold Rotating Plate
  • MSD - Mass Spectrometry Detector
  • MSDs - Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • MTBE - Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether
  • Mw - Molecular Weight


    N


  • NAERG - North American Emergency Response Guidebook
  • NAS - National Academy Of Sciences
  • NCA - North Creek Analytical, Inc.
  • Ni-Cd - Nickle-Cadmium
  • NIR - Near Infrared
  • NOMs - Official Mexican Standards
  • NTP - National Toxicology Program
  • NTT - National Technology Transfer, Inc.
  • NVT - Network Video Technologies, Inc.


    O


  • OECD - Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development
  • OHN - Occupational Health Nurses
  • OSH - Occupational Safety And Health Act
  • OSHA - Occupational Safety And Health Act
  • OSA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • OSU - Oregon State University
  • OTCM - Over-The-Counter Medications


    P


  • Pb - Lead
  • PBS - Phosphate-Buffered Saline
  • PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • PDT - Photodynamic Therapy
  • PET - Polyethylene Terephthalate
  • PID - Proportional Integrated Differential
  • POC - Point-Of-Care
  • PPB - Parts Per Billion
  • PPM - Parts Per Million
  • PRG - Precision Roll Grinders
  • PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride


    Q


  • QAU - Quality Assurance Unit
  • QC - Quality Control
  • QM - Quality In Manufacturing


    R


  • R&D - Research And Development
  • RBCA - Risk-Based Corrective Action
  • RCRA - Resource Conservation And Recovery Act
  • RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
  • Rh - Hydrodynamic Radius
  • RID - Radial Immunodiffusion
  • ROW - Rest Of The World
  • RPC - Remote Procedure Call



    S


  • SAS - Society Of Applied Spectroscopy
  • SBCP - Small Business Compliance Policy
  • SDS - Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate
  • SEC - Size Exclusion Chromatography
  • SES - Standards Engineering Society
  • SFC - Supercritical Fluid
  • SME - Society Of Manufacturing Engineers
  • SMT - Surface Mount Technology
  • SMS - Storage Management Solutions
  • SNPs - Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
  • SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
  • SOPs - Standard Operating Procedures
  • SPME - Solid-Phase Microextraction
  • SQHUW - Small Quantity Handlers Of Universal Waste
  • SSLA - Small Sealed Lead-Acid
  • STP - Special Technical Publication
  • S.T.P. - Standard Temperature And Pressure
  • STV - Streptavidin


    T


  • TBT - Technical Barriers To Trade
  • TCLP - Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
  • TGA - Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
  • TMA - Thermal Mechanical Analysis


    U


  • uHTS - Ultrahigh-Throughput Screening
  • UMB - Underbump Metallization.
  • U.S.D. - United States Dispensatory
  • U.S.D.A. - United States Department Of Agriculture
  • U.S.P. - United States Pharmacopeia
  • USPS - U.S. Postal Service
  • UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
  • UVA - Ultraviolet Light Absorbers


    V


  • V - Voltage
  • VA - Veterans Administration
  • VLDL - Very Low Density Lipoproteins
  • VMCs - Vertical Machining Centers
  • vs - Versus


    W


  • WHO - World Health Organization
  • wks - Weeks
  • WQP - Water Quality Products
  • wt - Weight
  • WTO - World Trade Organization
  • WTO TBT - World Trade Organization Technical Barriers To Trade
  • WWW - World Wide Web


    X


    Y


    Z
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