SDS

Hazard information forms

SDS is an abbreviation with several distinct meanings depending on context.

In chemistry, it's sodium dodecyl sulfate, a common detergent and laboratory reagent.

In workplace safety, it stands for Safety Data Sheet—the standardized document listing hazardous properties of chemicals: Check the SDS before handling that solvent.

Historically, SDS was Students for a Democratic Society, a prominent American leftist organization of the 1960s.

chemical

surfactant

Surface tension lowering compound

electrophoresis · PAGE · gel · denature · protein · lysis · buffer · anionic · membrane · solubilization

computing

virtualization

Creating simulated computing environments

provisioning · automation · cloud · policy · orchestration · infrastructure · flexibility · enterprise · management · container

safety

MSDS

Chemical hazard information document

  • hazardSource of potential harm
  • workplaceEmployment location
  • OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator

pictogram · precaution · handling · storage · exposure · toxicity · first aid · PPE · regulatory · compliance

automotive

airbag

Vehicle collision cushion

safety system · steering wheel · impact · vehicle · deceleration · pyrotechnic · inflator · module · diagnostic · warning light

Categories
Opposites
political orientation

SDSYoung Republicans

Conservative party's youth wing

John Birch Society · ROTC · silent majority · hard hats

establishment stance

SDSFBI

U.S. domestic intelligence agency

COINTELPRO · Nixon administration · military-industrial complex · status quo · law and order

surfactant function

SDSBSA

Multipurpose three-letter abbreviation

glycerol

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