| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEPC | Marine Environment Protection Committee |
| ECRA | Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act |
| PSA | Pressure Sensitive Adhesive |
| SADT | Self Accelerating Decomposition Temperature |
| CIIR | Chlorinated Isobutylene-isoprene Rubber |
| SSB | Semiclassical Sudden Born (approxn. In Ion-atom Collisions) |
| CIPO | Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
| ERD | Electron Recoil Detection |
| SSUWP | Single Sided Universal Wet Processor |
| BOO | Bond Order Orbital |