| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCS | Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer |
| PIRL | Polyimide Release Layer |
| CLE | Competitive Ligand Exchange |
| CSDW | Centrifugal Sudden (or Coupled States) Distorted Wave (methodfor Reactive Mol. Collisions) |
| MSBR | Molten Salt Breeder Reactor |
| EVOH | Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| FIM | Forced Impulse Method (in Atom Ion-impact Ionization) |
| PSPC | Position Sensitive Proportional Counter |
| IPM | Independent Particle Model |