| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAG | Island-arc Granitoids |
| CT | Disinfection Concentration Contact Time |
| LPS | Laser Plasma Spectroscopy |
| RSCF | Relativistic Self-consistent Field |
| NACE | National Association Of Corrosion Engineers |
| VSA | Vacuum Swing Adsorption |
| PHOTOSELEX | Photochemical Systematic Evolution Of Ligands By Exponential Enrichment |
| MLVA | Multiple-locus Variable-number Tandem Repeat Analysispar |
| NLMO | Natural Localized Mol. Orbital |
| DIPPR | Design Institute For Physical Property Data |