| Acronym | Meaning |
| PITT | Partitioning Interwell Tracer Test |
| CHEQ | Chelation Enhanced Quenching |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| CIEF | Capillary Isoelectric Focusing |
| APSG | Antisymmetrized Product Of Spin Geminals Method |
| TOW | Time Of Wetting |
| MFE | Magnetic Field Effect |
| RLCA | Reaction-limited Cluster Aggregation |
| NWR | Normotensive Wistar Rat |
| BIV | Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus |