| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTM | American Society For Testing And Materials |
| PAC | Polycyclic Aromatic Compound |
| SILO | Strain Induced Lateral Ordering |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometers |
| DIBAL | Diisobutylaluminum Hydride |
| SCIC | Single-column Ion Chromatography |
| GNACHO | Gravitationally Neg. Anomalous Compact Halo Object |
| CFRM | Continuous Filament Random Mat |
| LPFF | Laser Photolysis Fragment Fluorescence |
| LVAD | Left Ventricular Assist Device |