| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSM | US Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement |
| PASTM | Photon Assisted Scanning Tunnel Microscopy |
| SOAP | Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program |
| HRBS | High Resolution Rutherford Backscattering |
| SAES | Scanning Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| OFDR | Off-frequency Decoupling Resonance |
| ICC | Ignition Control Compound |
| SETAC | Society Of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry |
| SCI | Science Citation Index |
| MRBW | Multireference Brillouin-Wigner |