| Acronym | Meaning |
| SECWA | State Energy Commission Of Western Australia |
| IASH | International Association On The Stability And Handling Of Liquid Fuels |
| BASTM | Beam-assisted Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| APDI | Anisotropic Point-dipole Interaction (model For Calcg. Long-range Intermol. Dispersion Forces) |
| SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| CPT | Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change |
| PIRU | Public Information Reference Unit |
| GRI | Gas Research Institute |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |