ADN: Ammonium DiNitramide
AN: Ammonium Nitrate
AP: Ammonium Perchlorate
ARC: Atlantic Research Corporation
BAMO: 3,30-Bis(AzidoMethyl) Oxetane
BC: Before Christ
BFF: 3,4-bis(3-fluorodinitro-methyl furazan-4-oxy)furazan
BHEGA: N, N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycol amide, bonding agent also known as HX-880; BHEGA may act also as a cross-linker
BPS: Bis-Propargyl Succinate
Bu-NENA: n-Butyl-NitratoEthylNitrAmine
ca: circa
CalTech: CALifornia institute of TEChnology
CCP: Condensed Combustion Products
CL-20: 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane, also known as HNIW
CMDB: Composite Modified Double-Base
CTPB: Carboxyl-Terminated PolyButadiene
DB: Double-Base
EMCDB: Elastomer Modified Cast Double-Base
ESA: European Space Agency
ESD: ElectroStatic Discharge
FOI: Swedish Defence Research Agency
GALCIT: Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at California Institute of Technology
GAP: Glycidyl Azide Polymer
GUDN: GuanylUrea-DiaNitramide, also called FOX-12
HADNMNT: HydroxylAmmonium 2-DiNitroMethyl-5-NitroTetrazolate
HATO: diHydroxylAmmonium 5,5’-bisTetrazole-1,1’-diOlate (also known as TKX-50)
HBIW: HexaBenzylhexaazaIsoWurtzitane
HEM: High-Energy Materials
HMX: cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine, High Melting Explosive (also known as Octogen, Her Majesty’s Explosive)
HNF: Hydrazinium nitroformate
HNIW: 2,4,6,8,10,12-HexaNitro-2,4, 6,8,10,12-HexaazaIsoWurtzitane, commonly known as CL-20
HTPB: Hydroxyl-Terminated PolyButadiene
HTPE: Hydroxyl-Terminated PolyEther
ICBM: InterContinental Ballistic Missile
ICP: Institute of Chemical Physics
ICT: Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
IM: Insensitive Munitions
Is: Gravimetric Specific Impulse
JATO: Jet Assisted Take Off
JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KP: Potassium Perchlorate
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
nAl: nano-sized Al particles
NC: NitroCellulose
NEPE: Nitrate Ester Plasticized polyEther (or Nitrate Ester PolyEther)
NG: NitroGlycerine
OB: Oxygen Balance
PBAA: PolyButadiene Acrylic Acid
PBAN: PolyButadiene AcryloNitrile
PDL: Pressure Deflagration Limit
PETN: PentaErythritol Tetra Nitrate
PGN: Poly-Glycidyl Nitrate
PU: Polyurethane
RDX: cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, Research Department explosive (also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite, T4, Royal Demolition Explosive)
SL: Skeleton Layer
SNPE: Société Nationale des Poudres et des Explosifs (1971–2013)
Tf: Adiabatic flame temperature
THF: TetraHydroFuran
USA: United States of America
XLDB: Cross-Linked Double-Base