| Acronym | Meaning |
| XBIS | X-ray Bremsstrahlung Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| TMP | Turbomolecular Pump |
| SCATE | Sulfur Chemistry In The Antarctic Troposphere Experiment |
| EXFAS | Extended Fine Auger Structure |
| RCSI | Random Cooperative Strain Interaction |
| BHN | Brinell Hardness Number |
| TSW | Torsional Spin Wave (type Of Hartree-Fock Wave Function) |
| CRAVE | Carcinogen Risk Verification Effort (EPA) |
| AWM | Average Wave Function Method (in Calcns. On Scattering) |
| ED | Electron Diffraction |