| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLSM | Controlled Low Strength Material |
| SEI | Secondary Electron Imaging |
| SPIRIT | Single Photon Ionization Resonance Ionization To Threshold |
| VIM | Vacuum Induction Melting |
| DTP | Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| SXRFMA | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microanalysis |
| DAS | Dendrite Arm Spacing |
| CVI | Chemical Vapor Infiltration (impregnation) |
| CTOF | Charge Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |
| SVT | Silicon Vertex Tracker |