| Acronym | Meaning |
| OWVP | Outgoing Wave Variational Principle |
| DTC | Differential Thermal Calorimetry |
| DIP | Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorus |
| VCE | Vapor Compression Evaporator |
| BWO | Backward Wave Oscillator |
| OPO | Optical Parametric Oscillator |
| CARCA | Computer-assisted Rocking Curve Analysis |
| ELFFS | Excimer Laser Fragmentation-fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| AUMP | Annihilated Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset (spin Contaminant) |
| LNRS | Laser Nonresonant Shadowgraphy |