| Acronym | Meaning |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic Acid |
| MOSFET | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
| CSN-ICP | Conductive Solids Nebulizer-inductively Coupled Plasma |
| QRAR | Quantitative Retention-activity Relationship |
| CCRSP | California Cooperative Remote Sensing Project |
| GDF | Growth Differentiation Factor |
| TFA | Thin Film On ASIC |
| DRS | Dissolved Reactive Silicate |
| IAAD | Ion Assisted Arc Deposition |
| KRMP2 | Kramers Restricted Moeller-Plesset Second-order (perturbation Theory) |