| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIOR | Fluid Iron Ore Reduction |
| SFS | Sum-frequency Spectroscopy |
| MCMC | Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
| ANOVA | Analysis Of Variation |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| LT2ESWTR | Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule [of US EPA] |
| CANS | Combination Area Neutron Spectrometer |
| MOCED | Molecular Orbital Constrained Electron Diffraction Method |
| SLBO | Strictly Localized Bond Orbital |
| FTICRMS | Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry |