Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Common Conversions
Periodic Table
Multiplication Factors
Physical Constants
Glossary...
There are many abbreviations you will meet in laboratory situations. The more common ones you will pick up pretty quickly, others less so. Here is a list of the most common and more useful ones.
Abbreviation Meaning
Ar Relative Atomic Mass
ACS American Chemical Society
b.pt. Boiling Point
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
DCM Dichloromethane
EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
en Ethylenediamine
F Faraday Constant
FT-IR Fourier Transform Infrared (Spectroscopy)
GC Gas Chromatography
HASAW Health and Safety at Work
HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography
IR Infra Red
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Ka Acid Dissociation Constant
Ks Solubilty Product
Kw Ionic Product of Water
Mr Relative Molecular Mass
m.pt. Melting Point
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene (e.g Teflon)
R Universal Gas Constant
Rf Retention Factor
RSC Roal Society of Chemistry
SI System Internationale d'Unites
STP Standard Temperature and Pressure
TCA Trichloroacetic Acid
TLC Thin Layer Chromatography
TMS Tetramethylsilane
UV Ultraviolet