| Acronym | Meaning |
| CBN | Cubic Boron Nitride |
| ART | Asphalt Residual Treatment |
| EQE | Equivalent Quantum Efficiency |
| SXRFM | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microprobe |
| TCOD | Total Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| FEGO | Floating Ellipsoidal Gaussian Orbital |
| GBS | Guillain-Barre Syndrome |
| BAER | Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response |
| OVD | Outside Vapor Deposition |
| CIEEL | Chem. Initiated Electron Exchange Luminescence |