| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARPS | Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| CCR | Council For Chemical Research |
| SAFT-VR | Statistical Assocg. Fluid Theory For Chain Mols. With Interaction Potentials Of Variable Range |
| ECBM | Extended Classical Over-barrier Model (in Calcns. On Inelastic Ion-atom Colisions) |
| ECEC | Effective Cation Exchange Capacity |
| PSID | Photon Stimulated Ion Desorption |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| EMCI | Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator |
| IMF | Initial Mass Function |
| NMC | New Muon Collaboration |