| Acronym | Meaning |
| CADD | Computer Aided Drafting And Design |
| SIMS | Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| TBM | Thyssen Blowing Metallurgy |
| TESS | Triboelectrostatic Separation |
| EDR | Electrodialysis Reversal |
| UA | Unequilibrated Aggregate (interplanetary Dust Particle) |
| LACE | Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis |
| OVOS | Optimized Virtual Orbital Space Approximation (for Correlated Calcns.) |
| ATG | Derivative Thermal Anal. |
| GASPE | Gated Spin-echo |