| Acronym | Meaning |
| PTDS | Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| SAFIR | Smoke Gas Anal. By Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy |
| LAST | Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature |
| CAFBR | Ceramic Filled Anaerobic Fixed Bed Reactor |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| CGCT | Constrained Geometry Catalyst Technology [polymerization] |
| ADES | Angle-dispersed Electron Spectroscopy |
| AMT | Audio-magneto-telluric Method |
| MGS/TES | Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |