| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIRST | Field-portable Imaging Radiometric Spectrometer Technology |
| SC-1 | Standard Clean Solution #1 |
| MEG | Modified Electron Gas (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| VLWIR | Very Long Wavelength IR |
| COPM | Carter Ozone Per Mile |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory |
| NORM | Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material(s) |
| SIRIS | Sputter-initiated Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| IGEFET | Interdigitated-gate-electrode Field-effect Transistor |
| TCC | Thermofor Catalytic Cracking |