| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRP | Glass Reinforced Plastic |
| SRET | Scanning Reference Electrode Technique |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device |
| STD | Safely Tolerated Dose |
| BILE | Beam Induced Light Emission |
| ACEEE | American Council For An Energy Efficient Economy |
| SPCP | Surface Discharge Induced Plasma Chemical Process |
| NCRP | National Council On Radiation Protection |
| FASS | Field-amplified Sample Stacking |
| SALS | Small-angle Light Scattering |