| Acronym | Meaning |
| SNFC | Sulfonated Naphthalene-formaldehyde Condensates |
| SOD | Sediment Oxygen Demand |
| SCF2 | Two-electron Self-consistent Field |
| NBS | Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome |
| CEES | Committee On Earth And Environment Sciences (US) |
| CDBF | Chlorinated Dibenzofurans |
| TISAB | Total Ionic Strength Adjustment Buffer (for Fluoride) |
| BS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| DQMC | Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo (method In Atom And Mol. Calcns.) |
| JPO | Japanese Patent Office |