| Acronym | Meaning |
| CANDU | Canadian Deuterium-Uranium Reactor |
| EGAMS | Evolved Gas Analysis Mass Spectroscopy |
| EMTO | Extended Muffin-tin Orbital Method |
| R2PI | Resonant Two-photon Ionization |
| SNUR | Significant New Use Rule |
| HOLZ | Higher Order Laue Zone |
| SGA | Symmetric Group Approach |
| VGO | Virgin Gas Oil |
| WAD | Weak And Dissociable Or Weak Acid Dissociable |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center |