| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIBRA | British Industrial Biological Research Association |
| EPR | Electron Paramagnetic Resonance |
| GCHAZ | Grain-coarsened Heat-affected Zone |
| LSSV | Linear Sweep Stripping Voltammetry |
| DIGS | Disorder-induced Gap State |
| SCPF | Self-consistent Polarization Field Method |
| EBS | Engineered Barrier System (for Hazardous Waste Disposal) |
| RAA | Rigid-atom Approxn. (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| RUS | Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy |
| FABMS | Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry |