| Acronym | Meaning |
| PZC | Potential Of Zero Charge |
| BA | Best Atom (basis Set) |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Act Of 1972 |
| DAB | Dipole Adapted Basis (wave Function) |
| GE-EPMA | Grazing-exit Electron Probe Microanalysis |
| OLGA | On-Line Gas Chemistry Apparatus |
| RPCVD | Remote Plasma-enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| BIA | Biospecific Interaction Analysis |
| SPEELS | Spin-polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |