| Acronym | Meaning |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| CIDR | Controlled-internal Drug Release |
| PTGC | Programmed-temperature Gas Chromatography |
| APT | Accelerator Production Of Tritium |
| DWBC | Deep Western Boundary Current |
| TCSCF | Two-configuration Self-consistent Field Procedure |
| DOP | Degree Of Pyritization |
| VOFF | Valence Orbital Force Field |
| PACT | Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment |
| NIWR | National Institute For Water Research (South Africa) |