Jun 23, 2006
Noesy Spectroscopists
Who says chemists don’t have a sense of humour, if you haven’t already seen Paul May’s Silly Molecules site check that out right now, but in the meantime some genuine acronyms from the world of spectroscopy
Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer (INEPT)
Combined Rotation And Multiple Pulse Spectroscopy (CRAMPS)
HOmonucleaR ROtary Resonance (HORROR)
Nuclear Overhauser Effect SpectroscopY (NOESY)
COrrelation SpectroscopY (COSY)
Slice Interleaved Depth Resolved Surface Coil Spectroscopy (SLITDRESS)
Proton Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy (P…you got it)
Variably Adjusted Gamma Inhibiting Nuclear Association Spectroscopy (Okay, we made that one up so as not to look sexist)
There are many others including, CYCLOPS, HOHAHA, ROESY, SECSY, PASADENA, EXORCYCLE, DANTE, TOSS, INADEQUATE, ENDOR, FOCSY, HERPECS, DEPT, feel free to use the acronym search tool to validate the more suspect ones if you don’t trust me. Enter the acronym or abbreviation of interest in the yellow box on the right of that page and hit the GO button next to the phrase “Science Acronyms”.
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Lemonoman said,
June 23, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Ah, NMR.
http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/education/nmr_acronym.php
^ Lists all of the NMR acronyms in a convenient form
sciencebase said,
June 23, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Nice one, thanks for the link, didn’t show up when I did a quick Google before putting this post together. More to the point though it doesn’t list PENIS! I wonder how long it will be before some clever spectroscopists devises a new spin on NMR that really will exploit VAGINA…
Elia Diodati said,
June 23, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Personally, I like WATERGATE, even if it isn’t quite an acronym