| Code Value |
Definition |
| 12I | 1,2 Indanedione |
| ADX | Ardrox |
| ALS | Alternate light source |
| AMB | Amido black |
| AY7 | Acid yellow 7 |
| BAR | Basic red 26 |
| BLE | Bleach (sodium hypochlorite) |
| BLP | Black powder |
| BPA | Black powder alternative (for tape) |
| BRY | Brilliant yellow (basic yellow 40) |
| CBB | Coomassie brilliant blue |
| CDS | Crowle's double stain |
| COG | Colloidal gold |
| DAB | Diaminobenzidine |
| DFO | 1,8-diazafluoren-9-one |
| FLP | Fluorescent powder |
| GEN | Genipin |
| GRP | Gray powder |
| GTV | Gentian violet |
| HCA | Hydrochloric acid fuming |
| IOD | Iodine fuming |
| ISR | Iodine spray reagent |
| LAS | Laser |
| LCV | Leucocrystal violet |
| LIQ | Liquinox |
| LQD | Liquid-drox |
| MBD | 7-p-methoxybenzylanimo-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazole |
| MBP | Magnetic black powder |
| MGP | Magnetic gray powder |
| MPD | Modified physical developer |
| MRM | Maxillon flavine 10gff, Rhodamine 6g, and MBD |
| NIN | Ninhydrin |
| OTH | Other |
| PDV | Physical developer |
| R6G | Rhodamine 6G |
| RAM | Cyanoacrylate fluorescent dye (Rhodamine 6G, Ardrox, MBD) |
| RUV | Reflective ultra-violet imaging system (RUVIS) |
| SAO | Safranin O |
| SDB | Sudan black |
| SGF | Superglue fuming (cyanoacrylate) |
| SPR | Small particle reagent |
| SSP | Stickyside powder |
| SVN | Silver nitrate |
| TEC | Theonyl Europiom Chelate |
| TID | Titanium dioxide |
| VIS | Visual (patent image, not processed by other means) |
| WHP | White powder |
| ZIC | Zinc chloride |