Chemistry Abbreviations Starting With T

Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Chemistry

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by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
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Updated August 12, 2018

Chemistry abbreviations and acronyms are common in all fields of science. This collection offers common abbreviations and acronyms beginning with the letter T used in chemistry and chemical engineering.

Abbreviations and Acronyms Starting With T

T - Period of a wave
T - Tera prefix
T - Thymine
t - time
T - Tritium
Ta-Tantalum
TaC - Tantalum Carbide
TAC - Tri acetyl Cellulose
TAG - TriAcylGlyceride
tan - tangent
TAN - Total Acid Number
TAS - Total Analysis System
TAS - Total Alkali versus Silica
TAT - TriAcetone Triperoxide
Tb - Terbium
TBA - TertButylArsine
TBA - 2,4,6-TriBromoAnisole
TBP - True Boiling Point
TBC - 4-TertButylCatechol
TBT - TriButylTin
TBHQ - TertButylHydroQuinone
Tc - Technitium
TC - Temperature Compensated
TC - Temperature Controlled
TC - Theoretical Chemistry
Tc - Critical Temperature
TCA - TauroCholic Acid
TCA - TCA cycle (citric acid cycle)
TCA - TriChloroAcetic Acid
TCE - TriChloroEthane
TCF - ThiolCarbon Fiber
TCM - TetraChloromethane
TCP - Thermal Conversion Process
TCP - Tocopherol
TCP - TriCalcium Phosphate
TCP - TriChloroPhenol
TCP - 1,2,3-TriChloropropane
TCS - Toxic Chemical System
TCT - ToCoTrienol
TCV - Temperature Control Valve
TCVF -Two Chamber Vacuum Furnace
TD - Temperature Displacement
TD - Thermal Deposition
TDA - Thermal Dilatometric Analysis
TDC - Three Degrees Centigrade
TDG - ThymineDNA Glycosylase
TDI - Tolerable Daily Intake
TDI - Toluene DiIsonate
TDO - Tryptophan 2,3-DiOxygenase
TDP - Thermal DePolymerization
TDP - Thymidine DiPhosphate
TDP - Thiamine DiPhosphate
Te - Tellurium
TEA - Terminal Electron Acceptor
TEC - Thermal Electric Cooler
TEL - Tetra Ethyl Lead
TFM - Total Fatty Matter
Th - Thorium
THC - Tetra Hydra Cannabinol
THM - TriHaloMethanes TI - Thermal Index
Ti - Titanium
TIC - Total Ion Current
TIMS - Thermal Ionization Mass Spectroscopy
TIP - TrisIsopropyl Phenyl
Tl - Thallium
TLC- Thin Layer Chromatography
TLV- Toxic Level Value
Tm - Thulium
TM - Transition Metal
TMD - Theoretical Maximum Density
TMG - TriMethylGlycine
TMMA - TetraMethylMalonAmide
TMP - TriMethylPhosphate
TMS - TriMethylSilane
TNB - TriNitroBenzene
TNT - TriNitroToluene
TNS - Test No Ether
TOBSY - Total ThroughBond Correlation Spectroscopy
TOC - Total Organic Carbon
TOI - Table Of Isotopes
TON - Table Of Nuclides
TOX - Toxic
TP - Triple Point
TP - Transition Point
TPE - ThermoPlastic Elastomer
TPM - Total Particulate Matter
TR - Table Row
TRAP - Tartrate Resistant Acid Phosphatase
TRFM - Time-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
TRP - Tryptophan
TS - Temperature Sensitive
TSCB - TriSilaCycloButane
TSP - Thermally Stable Polycrystalline
TSP - TriSodium Phosphate
TSPM - Total Suspended Particulate Matter
TSS - Total Soluble Solids
TST - Transitional State Theory
TT - Test Tube
TTC - Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride
TTFD - Thiamine TetraHydroFurfurylDisulfide
TTLC - Total Threshold Limit Concentration
TTO - Total Toxic Organics
TTP - Thymine TriPhosphate
TTX - Tetrodotoxin
TU - Thermally Unbound
TWMC - Time-Weighted Mean Concentration
TWV - Total Water Vapor