| Acronym | Meaning |
| MUSLE | Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model) |
| CSRO | Chemical Short-range Order |
| RPECVD | Remote Plasma-enhanced Chemical-vapor Deposition |
| TARP | Technical Assistance Response Program |
| ESIE | Electron Stimulated Ion Emission |
| MFA | Molecular-field Approximation |
| CEPM | Coupled Electron Pair Method |
| APR | Acoustic Paramagnetic Resonance |
| SD-POE | Sigma-dependent Pi-orbital Electronegativity Model |
| CD | Circular Dichroism |