| Acronym | Meaning |
| LBW | Laser-beam Welding |
| FBR | Fixed Bed Reactor |
| CRWQCB | California Regional Water Quality Control Board |
| FEN | Free Electron Network |
| ESA | Energy Sudden Approxn. (in Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| OGE | Optogalvanic Effect |
| MRS | Micro-Raman Spectroscopy |
| RUS | Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy |
| TOGA | Tropical Oceans And Global Atmosphere |
| ECNIMS | Electron Capture Negative Ionization Mass Spectrometry |