medicines, to differentiate between similar ingredients. is appropriate when ‘Alpha’ naming a structural isomer. versus is used in containing this word or its derivatives ‘Sulfur’ ‘sulphur’—‘sulfur’ (e.g. sulfate, sulfonate). versus that have alternative or spellings (e.g. hydrolysed, ‘S’ ‘z’—words ‘s’ ‘z’ hydrolyzed) are spelt with an consistent with Australian spelling convention. ‘s’, 2.3 Abbreviations Abbreviations are commonly used as synonyms for some chemical substances with long names (e.g. cyclohexanedimethanol is sometimes referred to as CHDM). These abbreviations should not be used. The full chemical name should be used in preference to the abbreviation. Table 2.2 lists some examples of AANs and known abbreviations. Table 2.2 Abbreviations for Australian approved names for chemicals Acceptable name Abbreviation (not to be used) cyclohexanedimethanol CHDM diolamine DEA dimethylol dimethyl DMDM hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine triacetic acid HEDTA maleic anhydride MA olamine MEA monoisopropanolamine MIPA dl-pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid PCA propylene glycol PG polypropylene glycol PPG polyvinyl methyl anhydride PVM/MA polyvinylpyrrolidone PVP sulfoisophthalate SIP saturated methylene diphenyldiisocyanate SMDI trolamine TEA vinyl acetate VA vinyl pyrrolidone VP
medicines, to differentiate between similar ingredients. ‘Alpha’ is appropriate when naming a structural isomer. ‘Sulfur’ versus ‘sulphur’—‘sulfur’ is used in containing this word or its derivatives (e.g. sulfate, sulfonate). ‘S’ versus ‘z’—words that have alternative ‘s’ or ‘z’ spellings (e.g. hydrolysed, hydrolyzed) are spelt with an ‘s’, consistent with Australian spelling convention. 2.3 Abbreviations Abbreviations are commonly used as synonyms for some chemical substances with long names (e.g. cyclohexanedimethanol is sometimes referred to as CHDM). These abbreviations should not be used. The full chemical name should be used in preference to the abbreviation. Table 2.2 lists some examples of AANs and known abbreviations. Table 2.2 Abbreviations for Australian approved names for chemicals Acceptable name Abbreviation (not to be used) cyclohexanedimethanol CHDM diolamine DEA dimethylol dimethyl DMDM hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine triacetic acid HEDTA maleic anhydride MA olamine MEA monoisopropanolamine MIPA dl-pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid PCA propylene glycol PG polypropylene glycol PPG polyvinyl methyl anhydride PVM/MA polyvinylpyrrolidone PVP sulfoisophthalate SIP saturated methylene diphenyldiisocyanate SMDI trolamine TEA vinyl acetate VA vinyl pyrrolidone VP
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