| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTU | Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
| EKB | Einstein-Brillouin-Keller (quantization Method) |
| ASA | Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate Terpolymer |
| CVS | Cardiovascular Effects |
| RNR | Ribonucleotide Reductase |
| QCT | Quasiclassical Trajectory (method For Mol. Collision Calcns.) |
| HSC | Health And Safety Commission (UK) |
| OMBE | Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| MMS | Molecular Modulation Spectroscopy |
| DOMES | Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study |