| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCRF | Die Casting Research Foundation |
| CLIPS | Chemical List Index And Processing System |
| LID | Lased Induced Desorption |
| HGCU | Hot-gas Particulate Cleanup |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| DIR | Diffusion Induced Recrystn. |
| ARSCF | Approximate Relativistic SCF |
| DEGMBE | Diethylene Glycol Mono-n-Bu Ether |
| ATLEED | Automated Tensor Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| ZDO | Zero Differential Overlap |