| Acronym | Meaning |
| HETA | Hazard Evaluation Technical Assistance Branch (NIOSH) |
| VAZC | Vibrationally Adiabatic Zero Curvature (quantum Calcn. Approxn.) |
| EMTS | Environmental Monitoring Testing Site |
| PC-TD-SCF | Perturbation-corrected Time-dependent SCF |
| SCMFT | Self-consistent Mean-field Theory |
| NPCVD | Normal Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| ERNS | Emergency Response Notification System |
| LSW | Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner Theory |
| CAB | Cellulose Acetate Butyrate |
| ROC | Receptor-operated Ca2+ Channel |