| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMTEC | Alkali Metal Thermoelectric Converter |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| HSP | Heat Shock Protein |
| MCH | Mean Cell Hemoglobin |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| LSS | Lindhard-Scharff-Schiott Theory |
| ECBM | Enhanced Coalbed Methane (recovery) |
| ABWAG | Abwasserabgabengestres (Germany Wastewater Discharge Law Regulates Cost Per Volume) |
| ROA | Relaxed Orbital Approximation |
| EIP | Electric Induced Polarization (for Subsurface Characterization) |