| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAST | Marine Science And Technology Programme |
| IF | Interstitial Free |
| MCM 41 | Mobil Catalytic Material 41 |
| MIM | Metal Injection Molding |
| PXR | Parametric X-ray |
| CLP | Cecal Ligation And Puncture |
| SFMS | Sector Field Mass Spectrometry |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| ELEED | Elastic Low Energy Electron Diffraction |
| AFPAL | Air Force Phillips Astronautics Laboratory (USA) |