| Acronym | Meaning |
| NDTT | Nil Ductility Transition Temperature |
| TIRFCS | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy |
| SEXAFS | Surface-extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| AIP | Aluminum Isopropoxide |
| CDA | Copper Development Association |
| ASW | Artificial Seawater |
| AFR | Air To Fuel Ratio |
| CAMM | Cumulative Atomic Multipole Moment (for Mol. Charge Distributions) |
| SWIFT | Sandia Waste-Isolation Flow And Transport Model |
| ALAP | As Low As Practical |