| Acronym | Meaning |
| WEFT | Water Elimination By Fourier Transform |
| SFRS | Spin-flip Raman Scattering |
| LVSEM | Low Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| MIRC | Michael Initiated Ring Closure |
| CCD | Chemical Composition Distribution [of Polymers] |
| RIC | Resource Conservation And Recovery Act Docket Information Center |
| NKA | (Na2O + K2O)/Al2O3 |
| PAW | Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method] |
| SC-MBPT | Single-configuration Many-body Perturbation Theory |
| ACOPS | UK Advisory Committee Of Oil Pollution Of The Sea |