| Acronym | Meaning |
| JFCA | Japan Fine Ceramics Association |
| CAE | Capillary Affinity Electrophoresis |
| LBIC | Light Beam Induced Current |
| SHM | Screened Hydrogenic Model (for Electronic Structure In Plasmas) |
| MUSIC | Multiplicity Selective In-phase Coherence Transfer |
| XMPA | X-ray Electron Microprobe Analysis |
| BMG | Bulk Metallic Glass |
| HSDB | Hazardous Substances Data Bank (NLM) |
| BCIRA | British Cast Iron Research Association |
| LLT | Laser Luminescence Tomography |