| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFPB | Asymmetric Four-point Bend Test |
| GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
| CLEC | Chiral Ligand-exchange Chromatography |
| ROESY | Rotating-frame Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy |
| RCR | Respiratory Control Ratio |
| FARM | Fixed-angle Reactor Model (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| AQLV | Air Quality Limit Values |
| SOA | Secondary Organic Aerosols |
| BTX | Benzene, Toluene, And Xylene |
| DWBE | Distorted-wave Born (approxn. With) Exchange |