| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIXIE | Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment |
| SVE | Selected Valence Electron Model |
| CCL | Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List |
| IAP | Indoor Air Pollution |
| GVDW | Generalized Van Der Waals (a Free-energy D.-functional Theory) |
| DMDHEU | Dimethyloldihydroxyethylene Urea |
| KHP | Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| GS | Gelius-Siegbahn (MO Approxn.) |
| ELM | Emulsion Liquid Membranes |