| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSCCO | Bismuth Strontium Calcium Copper Oxide |
| DMRG | Density Matrix Renormalization Group (quantum Calcn. Method) |
| ICARUS | Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal |
| EAM | Embedded Atom Method |
| PSA | Potentiometric Stripping Analysis |
| GISAXS | Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| ELNES | Electron Energy-loss Near Edge Structure |
| SOS | Surfaces Of Section Method (semiclassical Calcn. Of Eigenvalues) |
| QCA | Quasichemical Approxn. (in Calcns. On Semiconductors) |
| BDST | Bed-depth Service Time |