| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOSAP | Marine Oil Spill Action Plan |
| METAALICUS | Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada And The US |
| CISDTQ | Configuration Interaction With Single |
| EM | Electron Microscopy |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau |
| GGA | Generalized Gradient Approxn. |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| ICON | International Council On Nanotechnology |
| KPLS | Kernel Partial Least Squares |
| IISRP | International Institute Of Synthetic Rubber Producers |