| Acronym | Meaning |
| HBSS | Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution |
| RTIL | Room-temperature Ionic Liquid |
| ZRPA | Zero-range Potential Approximation |
| NKA | (Na2O + K2O)/Al2O3 |
| INDOR | Internal Nuclear Double Resonance |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell |
| PYMS | Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry |
| TSE | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| ALADDIN | Atmospheric Layer And Density Distribution Of Ions And Neutrals (NASA) |
| CVAAS | Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |