| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCSEM | Computer-controlled Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| WLF | Williams-Ferry-Landel [viscosity Math. Relation/parameter] |
| SGPR | Specific Gas Production Rate |
| DPASV | Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| EPV | Exclusion-principle Violating |
| LPCVD | Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| RPWBA | Relativistic Plane-wave Born Approximation |
| CVS | Constant Volume Sampler |
| PAAP | Platelet Aggregation-associated Protein |
| BGA | Bundesgesundheitamt (German Health Ministry) |