| Acronym | Meaning |
| FINES | Furnace Ionization Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| TRIM | Total Risk Integrated Methodology |
| PICLS | Photoionization Controlled-loss Spectroscopy |
| SDSL | Site-directed Spin Labeling |
| UF | Ultrafiltration (water Treatment) |
| HEM | Heat-exchanger Method (in Manuf. Of Crystalline Silicon) |
| CCA | Crystalline Colloidal Array |
| ACA | American Crystallographic Association |
| AFBS | Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Systems |
| LAAFS | Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |