| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBSD | Electron Back Scatter Diffraction |
| MIM | Metal Injection Molding |
| SDD | Silicon Drift Detector |
| CERL | Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory |
| PFRP | Process To Further Reduce Pathogens |
| MERT | Modified Effective-range Theory (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| NETA | National Environmental Training Association |
| DWBC | Deep Western Boundary Current |
| DZ | Double Zeta (basis Set) |
| BOF | Basic Oxygen Furnace |