| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCFM | Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| NPP | Net Primary Productivity |
| LEAFS | Laser-Excited Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| RAFA | Rank Annihilation Factor Analysis |
| TAN | Total Acid Number |
| ICE | Interleukin 1beta-converting Enzyme |
| IGOR | Interactive Generation Of Organic Reactions |
| BSG | Borosilicate Glass |
| KKR-GF | Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker-Green Function |
| MLE | Molecular Layer Epitaxy |