| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSP | North Sea Project |
| LTE | Local Thermodn. Equil. |
| PASA | PCR Amplification Of Specific Alleles |
| FITC | Fluorescein Isothiocyanate |
| EMP | Electron Micro-probe |
| SPELEEM | Spectroscopic PhotoEmission And Low Energy Electron Microscope |
| VSM | Vibrating Sample Magnetometer |
| SOBO | Spin-orbit (coupled) Bond Orbital |
| SALSA | Scoring Algorithm For Spectral Analysis |
| ABS | Atomic Beam Scattering |