| Acronym | Meaning |
| MICROTAS | Micro-Total Analysis Systems |
| ICTS | Isothermal Capacitance Transient Spectroscopy |
| ALS | Acetolactate Synthase |
| APN | Aminopeptidase N |
| STP | Standard Temperature And Pressure |
| FEES | Field Electron Energy Spectroscopy |
| RREL | Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory |
| SIRIS | Sputter-initiated Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| RELMA | Remote Laser Microanalysis |
| RTCDW | Relativistic Target Continuum Distorted Wave (approxn. For Electron Capture In Ion-atom Collisions) |