| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRO | Diesel-range Organics |
| ATAD | Auto Thermal Aerobic Digestion |
| SH2 | Src-homology 2 |
| IRAV | Intense Infrared Active Vibration |
| ESRIN | European Space Research Institute |
| IDP | Interplanetary Dust Particle |
| FCCC | Framework Convention On Climate Change |
| PIES | Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| INCH | Indirectly-bonded Carbon-hydrogen Shift Correlation |
| CFSS | Constant-final-state Spectroscopy |