| Acronym | Meaning |
| VCE | Vapor Compression Evaporator |
| RMP4 | Restricted Moeller-Plesset Fourth-order (perturbation Theory) |
| SPEED | Selective Potentiostatic Etching By Electrolytic Dissolution |
| TSA | Temperature Swing Adsorption |
| ACL | Analytical Chemistry Laboratory |
| MBPT(2)-GF | Second-order Many-body Perturbation Theory-green Function |
| IAMAS | International Association Of Meteorological And Atmospheric Sciences |
| RSM | Response Surface Method |
| TPMB | Two-potential-modified Born (approxn. In Inelastic Collisions) |
| YOS | Yttrium Orthosilicate |