| Acronym | Meaning |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| DHB | 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic Acid |
| DTR | Diffusion Transfer Reversal |
| EWIA | Eikonal (distorted) Wave Impulse Approxn. (for Scattering) |
| RFD | Reference Dose |
| SRXFA | Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence Analysis |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| GQDPT | Generalized Quasidegenerate Perturbation Theory |
| PADRE | Particle Analysis And Data Reduction Program |
| SMP | Submitochondrial Particle |