| Acronym | Meaning |
| DBL | Diffusive Boundary Layer |
| MESIMS | Matrix-enhanced Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| LMC | Laminated Metal Composite |
| PIA | Peaking Impulse Approxn. (for Electron-exchange Collisions) |
| HRC | Rockwell Hardness (C Scale) |
| ZBLANP | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Lead Fluoride |
| NDWBA | Normalized Distorted-wave Born Approximation |
| MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentration |
| YFEGE | Yonei Free-electron-gas Exchange |
| OCSC | Orbital-charge-self-consistent (in Electronic State Calcn.) |