Browse Acronyms

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Z Listing

Z
atomic number [atomic number = mass number - neutron number (Z = A - N)]

ZAC
Zero Accident Council

ZBB
zero-base budget

ZDC
zero-degree calorimeter

ZECO
Zaininger Engineering Company

ZEEP
Zero Energy Experimental Pile (Canadian)

ZEPHYR
Zero Energy Fast Reactor (U.K.)

ZG
zero growth

ZIRCOX
Zirconium Oxidation Model

Zn
zinc (element, Z = 30)

ZnBr
zinc bromine

ZnBr₂
zinc bromide

ZnCl₂
zinc chloride

ZnO
zinc oxide

ZnS(Ag)
silver-activated zinc sulfide

ZPC
zero point of charge (hydrous iron and aluminum oxides)

Zr
zirconium (element, Z = 40)

ZrO₂
zirconia

ZTA
zirconia-toughened alumina