Chemical Encyclopedia & Dictionaries

W  E  B    A    N   A   L    Y    T      E   S       ELECTRONIC LIBRARY II 

This Page  C O N T E N T S	Acronyms/Abbreviations
Dictionaries General | Medical | Chemical	External to this page: RefCard: Reference Card for Chemists
Chemical Encyclopedia
Chemical Terminology IUPAC Nomenclature| Terminolgy & Glossay

D i c t i o n a r i e s        To the Top

 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary 
Use single word; e.g. spectroscopy; immunoassay, EDTA, Chromatography

General and Language Dictionaries

Merriam Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus (above) Dictionary including S&T terms (Definition + 10 most popular sites + related links)

	Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Translators and Conjugators
	BEILSTEIN Dictionary German-English and  English-German
	German-English Chemistry Dictionary Chemie.de

BioMedical Dictionaries

	English Dictionary of Medical Terms (1- 92 pp.) Part of the “Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages” (Browse by language); Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School, Department of applied Linguistics
	Fast Health Merriam Webster’s Medical Dictionary Search dictionary or click alphabetical index (A-Z) directly, plus a Search box for health information by key word, including chemical names
	Medical Dictionary Online A very useful  and comprehensive dictionary to find definitions of substances involved in the biochemical/biomedical field
	Medi-lexicon Dictionary  medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations 25/04/04
	On-line Medical Dictionary Useful Options i. Select from A -Z; or ii. Other characters (including systematic chemical names) or iii. Entries by subject area; Contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology

Chemistry Dictionaries

	Ashford’s Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals  Sample Pages Free full-text 80 pages (PDF) The Dictionary is 1280 pp
	Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology  Search box, A-Z field linked to term  indexes,  in all areas of chemistry/related (life and physical sciences)
	Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary 14/02/04
	ChemWeb.com‘s Combined Chemical Dictionary (Free Membership); Chapman & Hall/CRC; 6 Chemical Dictionaries (more than 450,000 compounds) including Dictionary of Analytical Reagents
	Dictionary of Units
	ENGLISH -GERMAN Dictionary of Chromatographic Terms Electrochemistry Dictionary
	Food Starch Dictionary
	Life Science Dictionary (Home page BioTech) U of Texas;
	Lubrication and Oil Analysis Dictionary Covers technical terms including areas of Environmental Science such as corrosion
	Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
	Dictionary of Metal Terminology
	MSDS Dictionaries, Glossaries, Abbreviations (MSDS = material safety data sheets)
	Starch & Sweetener Dictionary  in International Starch Institute; Science Park Aarhus, Denmark

Chemical Encyclopedia    To the Top

	Birds Encyclopedia of Aroma Therapy Essential oil sources by plant name and properties; There is no much chemistry in it but it is the basis to start research in natural products -flavors, medicinal compounds  etc.
	Chemistry Encycolpedia part of ScienceDaily Encyclopedia List of chemistry topics (A-Z) Convenient The Chemical Elements Clickable Element Symbols of a Period Table Chemistry -Wikipedia The Chemistry section of the general Encyclopedia Wikipedia.org
	Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation  (see A-Z Index) The Chemistry Hypermedia Project (CHP)
	Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia (FATE) Technololgies, Links, Training Modules, References
	Electrochemistry Encyclopedia -Contents) (or Subject Index)
	ENCYCLOPEDIA 4U.com -Chemistry A very detailed encyclopedia covering all aspects of chemistry; For other subjects see ENCYCLOPEDIA 4U.com
	Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia Click “Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia Listing“ to go to files (PDF); US National Park Service -Water Resources Division
	Measurement Encyclopedia including Analytical Chemistry and related topics

Academic Press

Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Entry Listing by Subject Area Entry Listing by Alphabet APPENDICES  SUBJECT INDEX

Wiley InterScience Publications  (Free  -Sample Articles)

	Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry 8 Free  sample articles (after a simple registration), e.g. Immunochemical Assays in Pesticide Analysis, Infrared Spectroscopy in Clinical and Diagnostic Analysis to add to one’s favourite : Currently: modern techniques in Pesticide, environmental analysis … (PDF files); Free  articles are changed regularly. Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry  Contents with 3 parts: Applications , Theory and Instrumentation and General Articles
	Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology 3 Free articles: Culture Collections |Optical Sensors (+analytical methods) |Xanthan Gum|
	Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry Free   Definitions  and Abstract from Subject drop-down menu list
	Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 5 Free  articles including Aerogels,  Molecular Recognition, Nanotechnology, Surface and Interface Analysis
	Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 5 Free  articles: Articles: Hydrogels, Beer, Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Chemical and Biochemical Sensors, Enzyme and Immunoassays

Wiley-VCH

Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine 29/01/05 Free Sample Articles in Vol. 6-10 Immunoassays (Vol. 6); Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and its complications (Vol. 7); Medicinal Chemistry (Vol. 8); Nematodes (C. elegans), Molecular Biology of (Vol. 9); Plant Gene Expression, Regulation of (Vol. 10)

Chemical Nomenclature, Terminology/Glossary  To the Top

IUPAC Nomenclature and Terminologies

	Resources: Inventory of Definitions in Analytical Chemistry, 2002, IUPAC’s and other bodies’ recommendations; Division of Analytical Chemistry, Federation of European Chemical Societies IUPAC Recommendations & Reports in Pure Appl. Chem 2004 to prior 1996; full text sorted by division in PDF files Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Macromolecular Analytical Chemistry Chemistry and the Environment Chemistry and Human Health
	Abbreviated list of Quantities, units and symbols in physical chemistry
	ACD/Name Allows one to generate IUPAC  and CAS Index names
	Biochemical Nomenclature  IUPAC-IUBMB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN) Enzyme Nomenclature
	Compendium on Analytical Nomenclature (The Orange Book)  19 Chapters (PDF files) including Alphabetical Index Fundamental Physico-chemical Terms and Quantities used in Analytical Chemistry
	Compendium of Chemical Terminology “The Gold Book”
	Compendium of Chemical Terminology, A-Z Main IUPAC site (Searched terms in PDF format)
	Glossary for Chemists of terms used in Toxicology IUPAC Commission on Toxicology
	Glossary of Terms relating to Pesticides (VI.4) Pure Appl. Chem. 68, pp. 1167-1193, 1996; 36th IUPAC Report on Pesticides
	Glosaary of Terms used in Medicinal Chemistry
	Glossary of Terms used in Photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996) IUPAC Chromatography Terms from Merck Very useful site for studying the definitions and principles of all types  of Chromatography
	IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry 1993 Recommendations 1979 and Recommendations 1993 Corrections to A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. Recommendations 1993
	Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature IUPAC Symbols & Terminology
	Nomenclature of Carbohydrates (Recommendations 1996)  3/07/05
	“Recovery” and “apparent recovery” in Analytical Procedures (IUPAC Recommendations 2002) (V.1) Pure Appl. Chem. 74(11), pp. 2201-2205, 2002
	Terms relating to low-molar-mass and Polymer Liquid Crystals (PDF file) Pure and Applied Chemistry 73(5), 845­895 (2001)
	Risk Assessment Terminology
	Terminology for Analytical Capillary Electromigration Techniques (IUPAC Recommendations 2003) Pure Appl. Chem. 76(2), pp. 443-451, 2004

Terminology and Glossary

	Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature
	Chemical Safety Information – Glossary Including UN hazard code, hazard pictographs; Oxford University Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory; Oxford University
	Corrosion Glossary a-z
	Edible Oils: Glossary of Terms
	Everyscience  Chemistry Terminology (A-Z) and General, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry concepts
	Forensic Glossary
	General Chemistry Glossary Browse alphabetically or by topic
	Glossary of Biotechnology Terms
	Glossary of chemical terms from Hach Learning Library 3/07/05
	Glossary of Chromatographic Terms for LC; A quick reference page
	Glossary of Data Acquisition Glossary of Liquid-Phase Separation Terms; (LCGC 19(2), 124-162, (2001)
	Glossary of IRIS Terms ( IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System)
	Glossary of Nuclear Terms; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency
	Glossary of MSDS terms from Hach Learning Library 3/07/05
	Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals PDF file; US FDA
	Glossary of Terms; US ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
	HPLC Glossary
	Measurement Uncertainty Glossary; Cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry CITAC
	MSDS HyperGlossary Terms & Abbreviations for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) (very elaborate)
	On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY  Terms with associated pictures
	Sol-Gel : Glossary
	Short Glossary of Chlorine Chemistry
	Terms of the Environment, US EPA including abbreviations and acronyms

Water Encyclopedia of Water Terms; Texas Environmental Center Wastewater Glossary Water on the Web Glossary Water Quality Glossary Water Science Glossary of Terms Water Words Dictionary A-Z index with links to PDF files; Nevada Division of Water Planning

Acronyms and Abbreviations      To the Top

	Biotechnology Abbreviations and Acronyms
	CAS Standard Abbreviations and Acronyms
	Chemical Synonyms Database Synonyms of a chemical name and IUPAC chemical name; Environment Canada 18/04/04
	Chemical Acronym Database; Indiana University 18/04/04
	Dictionary of Chemical Journal Name Abbreviations 13/03/04
	List of Cited Journals Abbreviations for the Life Sciences (SWISS-PROT) with Title, ISSN, Publisher and Web site address (not clickable, copy and paste on the URL address box)
	Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
	Terms of the Environment, US EPA including abbreviations and acronyms
	Pharma-lexicon Dictionary Abbreviations and Acronyms for over 70,000 biomedical (pharmaceutical, medical & healthcare) -each search result associated with a website link and/or research tittles/abstracts from  PubMed  e.g. HPLC, GC-MS, HIV, FDA: Search For Biomedical Abbreviations www.pharma-lexicon.com

Home : W E B  A   N   A  L   Y  T   E S  CHEMISTRY IN AFRICA   CONTACT