| Acronym | Meaning |
| NMDS | Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling |
| FHMO | Fenske-Hall MO |
| SCC | Sludge Conditioning Controller |
| FBA | Fluorescent Brightening Agent |
| AIEMP | Ab Initio Embedding Model Potential |
| VLE | Vapor-liquid Equilibrium |
| HFD | Hartree-Fock-dispersion (type Of Intermol. Potential) |
| 7-ADCA | 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic Acid |
| MTAB | Myristyltrimethylammonium Bromide (surfactant) |
| DWC | Deasphalted Whole Crude |