| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAM | Friable Asbestos-containing Material |
| EQCM | Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
| UDI | Utility Data Institute (power Generation) |
| FPM | Fine Particulate Matter |
| VETESS | Vehicle Transient Emissions Simulation Software |
| MC | Mclean-Chandler Basis Set |
| FOTOS | First-order Theory Of Oscillator Strength |
| CINO | Configuration Interaction Natural Orbital |
| DFA | Discriminant Function Analysispar |
| LHPG | Laser-heated Pedestal Growth |