| Acronym | Meaning |
| SRBSN | Sintered Reaction-bonded Silicon Nitride |
| DOS | Density Of States (in Band Structures) |
| PIF | Photochemically-induced Fluorescence |
| ESP | Electrostatic Precipitator |
| NCEP | National Cholesterol Education Program |
| YSAG | Yttrium Scandium Aluminum Garnet |
| LTMLS | Low Temperature Molecular Luminescence Spectroscopy |
| ACE | Alternating Conditional Expectations |
| PEIA | Programmatic Environmental Impact Analysis |
| SAFT-VR | Statistical Assocg. Fluid Theory For Chain Mols. With Interaction Potentials Of Variable Range |