| Acronym | Meaning |
| CTOD | Crack Tip Opening Displacement |
| BCS-CRM | British Chemical Standard-Certified Reference Material |
| VHMS | Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulfide |
| FAPS | Field-effect-addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| IHC | Intrinsic Coercivity |
| SPUPS | Spin Polarised Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| UNSCEAR | United Nations Scientific Committee On The Effects Of Atomic Radiation |
| PECVD | Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| LAH | Lithium Aluminum Hydride |
| GAEP | Generalized Atomic Effective Potential |