| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLM | Bureau Of Land Management |
| PMO | Perturbed Morse Oscillator (model Potential) |
| STOM | Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy |
| HVPE | Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy |
| VCE | Vapor Cloud Explosion |
| AXS | Anomalous X-ray Scattering |
| NAMT | National Advanced Manufacturing Testbed |
| MST | Mean Survival Time |
| IMA | International Mineralogical Association |
| CIDS | Circular Intensity Differential Scattering |