| Acronym | Meaning |
 | TBM | Tight Binding Model |
 | GDS | Glow Discharge Spectrometer |
 | APS | Appearance Potential Spectroscopy |
 | GTA | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding |
 | NDCEE | National Defense Center For Environmental Excellence |
 | HCWP | Hard Corrugated Wall Potential |
 | CEMOS | Complementary Enhanced Metal-oxide Semiconductor |
 | NDDN | National Dry Deposition Network (US EPA) |
 | BLV | Bovine Leukemia Virus |
 | SSNTD | Solid-state Nuclear Track Detector |