| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPE | Solid Phase Extraction |
| CDC | Center For Disease Control |
| OAP | Optical Atom Probe |
| ODR | Optical Double Resonance |
| MSM | Multishell Method |
| GRAM | Generalized Rank Annihilation Method |
| CFM | Chemical Force Microscopy |
| QCI | Quadratic Configuration Interaction |
| QPLDA | Quasiparticle Local-density Approxn. |
| TRI-US | Toxic Release Inventory-User Support |