| Acronym | Meaning |
| PBX | Plastic Bonded Explosive |
| ASQ | Axle Shaft Quality |
| ELM | Emulsion Liquid Membranes |
| GNLSE | Generalized Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| SSULI | Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager |
| EPR | Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation |
| SCLM | Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy |
| AEAPS | Auger-electron Appearance-potential Spectroscopy |
| EGU | European Geosciences Union |
| CPED | Convergent Probe Electron Diffraction |