| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPR | Chemically Perturbed Region |
| IBICVD | Ion Beam Induced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| SDC | Samaria-doped Ceria |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| COMPAS | Coating By Multiple Polyelectrolyte Adsorption Surface Activation |
| CAG | Continental-arc Granitoids |
| BMAP | Biological Monitoring And Abatement Program |
| GCL | Geosynthetic Clay Liner |
| MPHF | Maximally Paired Hartree Fock |
| AS-PCR | Allele-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction |