| Acronym | Meaning |
| NFOM | Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| AICHE | American Institute Of Chemical Engineers |
| TPA | Terephthalic Acid |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| CAPCA | Closure And Postclosure Activity |
| HMIS | Hazardous Material Identification System |
| RPJ | Radio-frequency Plasma Jet |
| VERI | Visual-empirical Region Of Influence |
| SOPHF | Spin And Orbital Polarized Hartree-Fock |