| Acronym | Meaning |
| BHTV | Borehole Televiewers |
| AS | Air Stripping |
| OTLC | Open Tubular Liquid Chromatography |
| NIBSC | National Institute For Biological Standards And Control |
| SLED | Superluminescent Light Emitting Diode |
| MWD | Molecular Weight Distribution |
| SOTE | Standard Oxygen Transfer Efficiency (of Aeration Diffusers) |
| SEA WIFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| SORI-CID | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. Collision-induced Dissocn. |
| COA | Coenzyme A |