| Acronym | Meaning |
| SICP | Sealed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| SMFS | Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy |
| TBTE | Tight-binding Total-energy (calcn. Method) |
| IRS | Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| LIMB | Limestone Injection/multistage Burner |
| OETP | Orbiter Electron Temp. Probe |
| GEM | Genetically Engineered Microorganism |
| SINDO | Symmetrically Orthogonalized Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| LPP | Laser-produced Plasma |
| THC | Total Hydrocarbon |