| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEL | Stacked Elemental Layer (vapor Deposition Technique) |
| CWM | Center For Waste Management |
| TRIM | Transport Of Ions In Matter |
| EARTOF | Energy And Angle Refocusing Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry |
| CLND | Chemiluminescent Nitrogen Detection |
| CAI | Calcium Aluminum Inclusion |
| VSV | Vesicular Stomatitis Virus |
| BOF | Basic Oxygen Furnace |
| ARSCFC | Approximate Relativistic SCF (with) Corrections |
| GOOMEX | The Gulf Of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Expt. |