| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTEX | Atlantic Stratus Transition Experiment |
| AOML | Atlantic Oceanographic And Meteorological Laboratory (of NOAA |
| ASP | Auger Sputter Profiling |
| IOC | Inorganic Chemical |
| MINI-N | Minimal-type Contracted Gto Basis Set (n= 1 |
| DPA | Displacement Per Atom |
| UTS | Ultimate Tensile Strength |
| GFCM | Green-function Cellular Method |
| OPG | Optical Parametric Generator |
| ENC | Effective Nuclear Charge (model For Mol. Property Calcns.) |