| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAP | Ion Activity Products |
| MOKE | Magneto-optic Kerr Effect |
| HOPG | Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite |
| ISSJ | International Scientific Station Of The Jungfraujoch (atm. Observatory |
| DTSC | Differential Temperature Scanning Calorimeter |
| PPM | Pair Population Method |
| RVAAP | Resource Values Affected By Air Pollution |
| DOMO | Doubly Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| HNFETB | Hybridization Of Nearly Free Elctrons With Tightly Bound States (for Band-structure Calcns.) |
| IGA | Inert-gas Atomization |