| Acronym | Meaning |
| FC | Frozen Core (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| CEARC | Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
| FNA | Fine-needle Aspiration |
| CME | Chemically Modified Electrode |
| PGM | Platinum-group Metals |
| TARP | Technical Assistance Response Program |
| MALS | Multi-angle Light Scattering |
| VFF | Valence Force Field (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| SPLEEM | Spin-polarized Low-energy Electron Microscopy |
| OCSC | Orbital-charge-self-consistent (in Electronic State Calcn.) |