| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOSTRA | Alberta Oil Sands Technology And Research Authority |
| AOD | Argon Oxygen Decarburization |
| CBE | Coulomb-Bethe (for Electron-ion Scattering) |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization (mass Spectrometry) |
| DDRPA | Double Direct Random Phase Approximation |
| LAC | Liquid Adsorption Chromatography |
| IVNAA | In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| PESA | Proton Elastic Scattering Anal. |
| CAPMON | Canadian Air And Precipitation Monitoring Network |