| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADME | Absorption |
| CHIP | Cold And Hot Isostatic Pressing |
| PEXAFS | Photoemission Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| APR | Air-Purifying Respirator |
| OCH | Ochkur (approxn. In Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| EID | Electron Impact Desorption |
| TMA | Thermomechanical Analysis |
| OVMO | Occupied Valence-type Mol. Orbital |
| ICBA | Improved (final-state) Coulomb Born Approximation |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (of NOAA |