| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWWA | Northwest Water Authority (UK) |
| LISPS | Laser-induced Shock Wave Plasma Spectroscopy |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau |
| KFRP | Kevlar Fiber-epoxy Reinforced Plastic |
| G2 | Gaussian-two (an Ab Initio Mo Theory For Mol. Energies Calcn.) |
| NTTC | National Technical Transfer Center |
| POSS | Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane |
| MPPA | Modulated Pulse Potential Amperometry |
| ACS | Adiabatically Corrected Sudden |
| SWV | Square Wave Voltammetry |