| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOF | Basic Oxygen Furnace |
| ECCD | Exciton-coupled Circular Dichroism |
| SCM | Surface Complexation Model (of Adsorption) |
| MICS | Magnetospheric Ion Compn. Spectrometer |
| HSWA | Hazardous And Solid Waste Amendments Of 1984 |
| LINF | Laser-induced Native Fluorescence |
| CPLD | Complex Programmable Logic Device |
| PDDO | Projection Of Diatomic Differential Overlap |
| VPEAD | Valence Photoelectron Angular Distribution |
| AMOS | Australian Meteorological And Oceanographic Society |