| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPB | Coupled Pressure Bars |
| WDXRF | Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence |
| ARPES | Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| INEL | Idaho National Engineering Lab. |
| RFA | Retarding Field Analyzer |
| CSTEE | Scientific Committee On Toxicity |
| LTBRM | Lanczos Tight Binding Recursion Method |
| AEOS | Advanced Electro-Optical System |
| LGM | Last Glacial Maximum (most Recent Era Of Continental Glaciation; See Also PGP) |
| VOD | Vacuum-oxygen Decarburization |