| Acronym | Meaning |
| TPDE | Temp.-programmed Decompn. |
| PLY | Photoluminescence Yield |
| SS | Split-shell (gaussian Basis Set) |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
| MSA | Microscopy Society Of America |
| ROSE | Research On Ozone In The Stratosphere And Its Evolution |
| MWEP | Monofilled Waste Extraction Procedure |
| DPFGSE | Double Pulse Field Gradient Spin Echo |
| PCM | Phase-change Material (in Heat Storage) |
| QUPID | Quantum Path Integral (mol.) Dynamics (method In Mol. Calcns.) |