| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTIMS | Negative Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| VIM | Video-intensified Microscopy |
| HIT | Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia |
| IAES | Ion Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| SMILETRAP | Stockholm-Mainz-Ion Levitation Trap |
| ESR | Electroslag Refining |
| SEAM | Scanning Electron Acoustic Microscopy |
| RSCPA | Reduced (second Order) Self-consistent Phonon Approxn. (a Green-function Calcn. Method) |
| QUASAR | Quality Simulation Along Rivers (environmental Model) |
| PCMT | Protein Carboxyl Methyltransferase |