| Acronym | Meaning |
| IASPEI | International Association Of Seismology And Physics Of The Earth's Interior |
| MAM | Modified Atoms (in) Molecules |
| RDC | Rotating Disk Contactor |
| LCR | Locus Control Region |
| QFT | Quantum Field Theory |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| SLP | Sea Level Pressure |
| GC/MS/DS | Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry/data System (Finnigan) |
| CCBP | Coal Combustion By-product |
| LMXB | Low-mass X-ray Binaries |