CAS Standard Abbreviations & Acronyms

CAS Standard Abbreviations & Acronyms

STN User Documentation

In CAS databases, certain abbreviations and acronyms are automatically generated for terms in the abstract text, the keyword phrases, and the text modifying phrases for index entries. Most of these abbreviations have been used prior to 1982. Users need to know these standard abbreviations and acronyms in order to be able to use them in search profiles and identify them in text.

Read more in the STN User Documentation