| Acronym | Meaning |
 | CTIO | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
 | COMA | Cometary Mass Analyzer |
 | LPVD | Laser Physical Vapor Deposition |
 | CONCAWE | Conservation Of Clean Air And Water In Western Europe [European Community Organization] |
 | GRI | Geosynthetics Research Institute (Drexel University |
 | EHMO | Extended Hueckel Molecular Orbital |
 | NPD | Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector (gas Chromatography) |
 | AIPI | Ab Initio Perturbed Ion (calcn. Method) |
 | INDO/S | INDO/spectroscopic Approxn. |
 | MES | Molecular Emission Spectroscopy |