| Acronym | Meaning |
| NICS | Nucleus-independent Chemical Shifts |
| SUTRA | Saturated Unsaturated Transport Model |
| CMAS | Completely Mixed Activated Sludge |
| GIMS | Grazing Incidence Moessbauer Spectroscopy |
| OMCVD | Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| CITAC | Cooperation On International Traceability And Analytical Chemistry |
| AFRPL | Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (USA) |
| IPIB | Intense Pulsed Ion Beam |
| IRAV | Intense Infrared Active Vibration |
| LECIVA | Low Energy Charge-induced Voltage Alteration |