| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFM | Contamination-free Manufacturing |
| CWC | United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention |
| OFISP | Oscillating Flow Injection Stripping Potentiometry |
| MMR | Mismatch Repair |
| HRXRD | High Resolution X-ray Diffraction |
| HIFU | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound |
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| ICMA | Immunochemiluminometric Assay |
| MRB | Multi-stage Reverse-flow Bioreactor |
| RPDWR | Revised Primary Drinking Water Regulations |