| Acronym | Meaning |
| IX | Ion Exchange |
| EROS | Electric Resonance Optothermal Spectrometer |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| EFH | Extended Fenske-Hall (LCAO MO Method) |
| MCM 41 | Mobil Catalytic Material 41 |
| AMS | Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer |
| DEXA | Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
| ZINDO | Zerner's Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| LIFI | Laser-induced Fluorescence Imaging |
| EBIC | Electron Beam Induced Current |