| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACSR | Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced |
| GMAW | Gas Metal Arc Welding |
| NMDS | Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling |
| MDL | Method Detection Level Or Limit |
| VPSEM | Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope |
| OKE | Optical Kerr Effect |
| PWBA-C-EX | Coulomb Corrected Plane Wave Born Approxn. (with) Exchange |
| STMAS | Satellite Transition Magic-angle-spinning |
| LISPS | Laser-induced Shock Wave Plasma Spectroscopy |
| CEAM | Center For Exposure Assessment Modeling |