| Acronym | Meaning |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |
| RAL | Recommended Allowable Limit |
| CEE | Center For Environmental Education |
| EPSRC | (United Kingdom) Engineering And Phys. Sciences Research Council |
| NETL | National Energy Technology Laboratory |
| IWS | Ionizing Wet Scrubber |
| PGNP | Prompt Gamma Neutron Probe |
| PBM | Proton Beam Micromachining |
| VPDB | Vienna Peedee Belemnite |
| GISAXS | Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering |