| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMS | Ion Mass Spectrometer |
| LEPD | Low-Energy Positron Diffraction |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| GRIDS | Geographic Resources Information And Data System |
| CSOM | Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy |
| JSR | Jet-stirred Reactor |
| UFG | Ultrafine Grained |
| TNAA | Thermal Neutron Activation Analysis |
| PAC | Perturbed Angular Correlation |
| ALAPCO | Association Of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |