| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDA | Copper Development Association |
| DHT | Down-hole Temperature |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| LPS | Liquid-phase Sintering |
| WHMO | Wolfsberg-Helmholz Molecular Orbital |
| G1 | Gaussian-one (theory For Calcg. Mol. Energies) |
| VCE | Vapor Cloud Explosion |
| HRGC | High Resolution Gas Chromatography |
| FSH | Follicle-stimulating Hormone |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |