| Acronym | Meaning |
| COSHH | Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK) |
| MCF | Mutually Consistent Field Method (in Calcns. On Intermolecular Interactions) |
| SICM | Scanning Ion-conductance Microscopy |
| CMSM | Carbon Molecular Sieve Membrane |
| VCCPB | Variable-charge Coulomb-projected Born (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering) |
| EAAS | Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
| ARPS | Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |
| SHC | Selective Hydrophobic Coagulation |