| Acronym | Meaning |
| UCS | Unconfined Compressive Strength |
| RW | Retonation Wave [backwardly Propagated Detonation Wave] |
| SSC | Sulfide Stress Cracking |
| PPDS | Physical Property Data Service |
| PMP | Peroxisomal Membrane Protein |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| RIC | Resource Conservation And Recovery Act Docket Information Center |
| CID | Collision-induced Dissociation |
| ACL | Average Contaminant Level |
| IXS | International XAFS Society |