| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCV | Mean Corpuscular Volume |
| EFISPS | Electric Field Induced Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy |
| VIM | Video-intensified Microscopy |
| SFA | Surface Force Apparatus |
| HSRC | Hazardous Substance Research Center |
| RMPROP | R-matrix Propagation |
| LAAS | Laser Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| LVSEM | Low Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy |