| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDOC | Colored Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| SIFT | Selected Ion Flow Tube |
| NRRA | Nuclear Resonant Reaction Analysis |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| CFCM | Continuous Feed Completely Mixed Reactor System |
| RSA | Rat Serum Albumin |
| AGU | Anhydroglucose Units |
| CEC | Cation Exchange Capacity |
| FSSW | Friction Super Stir Welding |
| SLMO | Symmetry-adapted Localized Molecular Orbital |