| Acronym | Meaning |
| PGS | Phosphosilicate Glass |
| HSW | Health And Safety At Work Act 1974 |
| TBM | Tight Binding Model |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| PNR | Polarized Neutron Reflection |
| AGAL | Australian Government Analytical Laboratories |
| MECC | Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography |
| RBA | Refined Born Approximation (for Atom-mol. Collisions) |
| TSD | Treatment, Storage, Or Disposal |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research (USA) |