| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRZ | Immediate Response Zone |
| GRAM | Generalized Rank Annihilation Method |
| BEAUTY | BLAST Enhanced Alignment Utility |
| SOMBT | Second-order Many-body Theory |
| IEC | Ion-exchange Chromatography |
| SRXRF | Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence |
| EPIC | Erosion-productivity Impact Calculator |
| HMDI | Hexamethylene Diisocyanate |
| RDNP | Reverse Differential Normal Pulse |
| IRRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |