| B |
Explanation |
Location/Reference/Context as appropriate |
| B1 | Condition B1: Academic experience | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B2 | Condition B2: Resources, support and student engagement | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B3 | Condition B3: Student outcomes | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B4 | Condition B4: Assessment and awards | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B5 | Condition B5: Sector-recognised standards | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B6 | Condition B6: Quality and standards Excellence Framework participation | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B7 | Condition B7: Quality | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B8 | Condition B8: Standards | Office for Students (OfS) |
| B-and-M |
Bricks and Mortar nacre-like biomimetic structures |
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| BA |
Butyl Acrylate |
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| BaAC |
Barium Acetate |
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| BAAM |
Big Area Additive Manufacturing |
Cincinnati Incorporated/ORNL |
| Baas |
Backend as a Service |
Cloud computing |
| BABT |
Behind Armour Blunt Trauma |
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| BADGE |
Bisphhenol A DiGlycidyl Ether |
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| BAIT |
Biocomposites for Aircraft InTeriors |
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| BAM |
Brewster Angle Microscopy |
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| BAMCO |
BAMboo long fiber reinforced biobased matrix COmposite |
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| BAME |
Black, Asian and minority ethnic |
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| BAMPTO |
Boundary Ampliture Mitigated Transducer Placement Optimisation |
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| BAMWA |
Batch Air and MicroWave Assisted oven |
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| BaP |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
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| BAPF |
The Biology and Processing of Flax |
Book by HS Shekhar Sharma and CF van Sumere |
| BaRALL |
Basalt Reinforced ALuminium Laminate |
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| BARTM |
Bladder-Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding |
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| BASP | brush-arm star polymers | |
| BAT | Best Available Technology | |
| BAU | Business As Usual | |
| BBA |
Building Block Approach |
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| BBI |
Bio-Based Industries |
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| BBIJU |
Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking |
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| BBM |
BioBased Materials business |
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| BBS |
Branch and Bound Search |
Facility within LIMS software |
| BBSRC |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Out of AFRC and SERC |
| BC |
Bacterial Cellulose |
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| BCA |
Benefit Cost Analysis |
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| BCCCA |
Buy Clean California Act |
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| BCD |
Bast fibre Content after Decortication |
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| BCE |
Binary Cross Entropy |
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| BCI-ROM |
Boundary Condition Independent Reduced Order Model | |
| BCIS |
Basic Common Induction Standard |
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| BCNF |
Bacterial Cellulose Nano Fibre |
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| BCOE | [4.2.0]bicyclooctene | |
| BcRL | Business-case Readiness Level | |
| BCZT | Ba0.17Ca0.03Zr0.02Ti0.18O0.6 |
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| BDDC | Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre | |
| BDE | bond dissociation energy | |
| BDFGM | Bi-Directional Functionally Graded Materials | |
| BDH | β-Diketone Hydrolase | |
| BDM | Beam Deceleration Mode | |
| BDO | 1,4-butanediol | |
| BDP | BioDegradable Polymer | |
| BE | Bias Extension shear test | |
| BECCS |
BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage |
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| BEDPS |
Bio-, Environmental and Degradable Polymer Society |
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| BEES |
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability |
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| BEHA |
Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft |
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| DBEIS |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
Reorganised in 2023 to become DESNZ, DSIT and DBT |
| BEM |
Blade Element Momentum |
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| BEM |
Boundary Element Method |
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| BEMT |
Blade Element Momentum Theory |
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| BERR |
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
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| BE-ST |
Built Environment - Smarter Transformation |
formerly Construction Scotland Innovation Centre |
| BESTF |
Bioenergy Sustaining the Future |
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| BF |
Bamboo Fibre |
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| BF |
Bright Field (microscopy) |
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| BFBCT |
Bilayer Fiber Bundle Compact Tension specimens |
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| BFD |
Back Face Deflection (in impact) |
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| BFE |
Boron triFluoride diethyl Etherate |
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| BFEE |
Boron triFluoride diEthyl Etherate |
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| BFG |
Bio-degradable Fishing Gear |
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| BFMC | Border Force Maritime Command | Also see CCTC |
| BFS |
Back Face Signature |
Ballistics |
| BGE |
Blueprint for a Green Economy |
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| BHEC |
Bolt-Hole Eddy Current |
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| BHF |
Blank Holder Force |
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| BHM |
Bayesian Hierarchical Model |
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| BID |
Bio-Inspired Design |
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| BIDS |
Bio-Inspired Design Strategy |
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| BIIR |
Brominated
IIR R-type rubber |
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| BIM |
Bladder Inflation Moulding |
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| BIM |
Building Information Modelling |
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| BinC |
Body in Carbon | |
| BINDT |
British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing |
Northampton - United Kingdom |
| BINGO |
Biologically Inspired Next Generation Outer body armour |
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| BIO |
Biotechnology Industry Organisation |
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| BioC |
BioChar | pyrolysed agricultural residues |
| BIOMAT |
Development of thermoplastic biocomposites |
LINK CIMNFC LK0807, December 2002-November 2006 |
| BioNIS |
Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability |
University of Reading |
| BioReCer |
Biological Resources Certifications Schemes | |
| BioStruct |
Complex Structural and Multifunctional Parts from Enhaced Wood-based Composites |
European Commission Frameweok Programme 7 project 2008-2012 |
| BioVeL |
Biodiversity Virtual e-Laboratory |
Cardiff University |
| BIPOC |
Black, Indigenous and People of Colour |
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| BIT | benzisothiazolinone | |
| BIT | Business Improvement Team | |
| BITEMPS | bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl) |
disulfide cross-linking agent |
| BIW |
Body In White |
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| BJNDT |
British Journal of Non-Destructive Testing |
now named Insight) |
| BKD |
Backscatter Kikucki Diffraction |
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| BKP |
Bleached Kraft Paper |
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| BKSP |
Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp |
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| BL |
Boundary Layer |
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| BLADE |
Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe |
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| BLADE |
Bristol
Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics Engineering |
University of Bristol |
| BleNaBis |
Blends of Natural and Biosynthethic fibres for eco-efficient yarns and carpets |
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| BLI |
Boundary Layer Ingestion |
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| Bling |
Bladed Ring |
Turbine discs |
| BLM |
Black Lives Matter |
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| -block- |
- block copolymer with - |
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| BLRT |
Bond Line Read-Through |
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| BLS |
Bureau of Labour Statistics |
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| BM |
Ball Milling |
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| BMBF |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| BMC |
Bi-Material Beam |
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| BMC | Bulk Moulding Compound | |
| BMDO | 5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane | |
| BMEG |
Biofouling Management Expert Group |
IMarEST |
| BMI |
N.N'-m-phenylene BisMaleImide |
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| BMICl |
Butyl Methyl Imidazolium Chloride |
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| bmim |
1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium |
positive ion in ionic liquids |
| BMW |
Bio-Medical Waste |
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| BMW-SAFT |
Beam Model Weighted - Synthetic Aperture Focussing Technique |
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| BNC |
Bacterial Nano Composites |
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| BNG |
Biodiversity Net Gain |
BS 8683:2021 Process for designing and implementing BNG. Specification |
| BNIB |
Basic Nuclear Industry Behaviours |
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| BNIC |
Basic Nuclear Industry Context |
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| BNNS |
Boron Nitride NanoSheets |
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| BNNT |
Boron Nitride NanoTube |
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| BO | Bayesian Optimisation | |
| BO |
Butylene Oxide |
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| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
ISO14044:2006(E) |
| BOD |
Block-on-Disc tribological test |
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| BOGA |
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance |
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| BOPET |
Biaxially Oriented PolyEthyleneTerephthalate |
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| BODIPY |
BOron DIPYrromethene |
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| BOPP |
Bio-Oriented PolyPropylene |
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| BOR |
Block-on-Ring tribological test |
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| BOTL |
Bearings of Target Location |
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| BP |
Beneficiary Principle |
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| BP |
Benzoyl Peroxide |
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| BP |
Bipolar Plate |
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| BP |
Buckypaper |
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| BPA |
Building Performance Analysis |
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| BPBIRA |
British Paper and Board Industry Research Association |
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| BPEO |
Best Practicable Environmental Option |
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| BPF |
Banana Plantain pseudo-stem Fibres |
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| BPF |
Biodegradable Polymer Foams |
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| BPF |
British Plastics Federation |
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| BPO |
Benzoyl PerOxide |
Initiator for addition polymerisation/curing |
| BPP |
Beneficiary Pays Principle |
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| BPP |
N,N'-m--phenylene Bismaleimide modified PolyPropylene |
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| BPTA |
BenzoPhenone-3,3',4,4'-Tetracarboxylic Acid |
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| BPU |
Bio-PolyUrethane foam |
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| BR |
Poly(Butadiene) R-group (butyl) rubber or butadiene rubber |
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| BRAF |
Braided Frames |
SGL Kuempers/EADS-Innovation Works JV for continuous manufacture of composite fuselage frames |
| BRAIT |
Boeing Research Aircraft Icing Tunnel |
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| BREEAM |
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology |
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| BREW |
Business Resource Efficiency and Waste |
Defra |
| BRC |
Bonded Repair Coupons |
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| BRF |
Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces | Force Supply Building ship |
| BRIC |
Brain Research and Imaging Centre |
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| BRIC |
Brazil, Russia, India and China |
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| BRIC |
Building Resilience in Communities | |
| BRIG |
Biocomposite Recycling Industry Group) |
nova institut initiative |
| BRIN |
British-Russian Innovation Network |
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| BRITE |
BRIstol Technologies for the Environment futures institute |
ACCIS Bristol |
| BRO |
Battle Royale Optimisation | |
| BS |
British Standards |
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| BS |
4-hydroxyButylSuccinate |
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| BSB |
Beautiful, Slippery, Brittle |
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| BSE |
Back-Scatter Electron |
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| BSGN |
Business in Space Growth Network |
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| BSI |
British Standards Institution |
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| BSP |
Boltzmann Superposition Principle |
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| BSS |
Blowing-Suction Synergy |
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| BSSP |
Business Support Simplification Programme |
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| BT |
Bismaleimide-Triazine resin |
Triazine = cyanate ester |
| BT |
4-hydroxyButylTerephthalate |
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| BTC |
Bend-Twist Coupling |
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| BTEX |
Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylenes |
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| BtF |
Buy-to-Fly ratio |
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| BTG |
British Technology Group |
London - United Kingdom |
| BTT |
Blade Tip Timing | |
| BTTG |
British Textile Technology Group |
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| BTX |
Benzene, Toluene, Xylene |
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| BUF |
Biomass Utilisation Factor |
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| BVDE | 1,4-bis(vinyloxy)-butane | |
| BVID | Barely Visible Impact Damage |
See also CVID and VID |
| BVLOS | Beyond Visual Line of Sight | |
| BVP | Boundary Value Problem | |
| BWB | Blended Wing Body | |
| BWCP | Bamboo Winding Composite Pipe | |
| BWM | Best Worst Method | |
| BwN | Building with Nature | |
| BYOB | Bring Your Own Bottle | partytime! |
| BYOC | Bring Your Own Cutlery |
instead of relying on single use disposable plastic utensils |
| BYU | Brigham Young University | |
| BZA | benzaldehyde | |
| BzO2 | benzoyl peroxide |
Initiator for addition polymerisation/curing |