List of Abbreviations

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Micro

Micrometre

Percent

Alkaline fuel cell

Advanced gas-cooled reactor

British Broadcasting Corporation

Degrees centigrade

Canadian Deuterium Uranium (reactor)

Chlorofluorocarbon

Methane

Centimetre

Carbon monoxide

Carbon dioxide

Conference of the parties

Computer processing unit

Chemical vapour deposition

Diamond anvil cell

Direct lithium extraction crystallisation

Extreme ultra-violet radiation

Electric vehicle

Electron volt—the electron volt is a unit of energy corresponding to the work done on an electron in moving it through a potential difference of 1 V. 1 eV = 1.602 × 10⁻¹⁹ J.

Gram

Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

Giga pascal

Graphical processing unit

Gigawatt

Gigawatt hour

Hydrofluorocarbon

High-temperature reactor

International Council on Mining and Metals

International Energy Agency

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Inflation Reduction Act

International Seabed Authority

Joule—A measure of work and energy equal to the work done when the application of a force of one newton moves one metre in the direction of the force from the point of application. 1 J = 10⁷ ergs or 0.2388 calories.

Kelvin

Kilogram

Kilowatt

Kilowatt hour

Kilowatt hour per day

Light-emitting diode

Metre

Molten carbonate fuel cell

A mass of 1000 kg

Metal–organic chemical vapour deposition

Magnetic resonance imaging

Megawatt

Megawatt hour

Lithium–nickel–cobalt–aluminium oxide

Lithium–nickel–cobalt–manganese oxide

Nanometre

Nitrous oxide

Pascal

Phosphoric acid fuel cell

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Parts per million

Parts per billion

Pressurised water reactor

Reinforced autoclaved aerated circuit

Siemens

Sustainable aircraft fuel

Small modular reactor

Solid oxide fuel cell

Temperature

Trimethyl gallium

A mass of 907.2 kg or 2000 pounds

Terawatt

Terawatt hour

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

United Nations Environment Programme

Watt