| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWR | National Wildlife Refuge |
| ISS | Intermediate Solid Solution |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gases |
| HSCT | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| EMP | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| TMMC | Tetramethylammonium Manganese Trichloride |
| BASF | Badische Anilin- Und Soda-Fabrik |
| GFC | Gel Filtration Chromatography |
| CVBM | Conduction-valence-band Model (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |