| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| VEM | Video-enhanced Microscopy |
| CDOM | Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| RFE | Relative Fit Error |
| VDI | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German Engineers Society) |
| WDXRF | Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence |
| COSAC | Cometary Sampling And Composition |
| FMO | Floating Molecular Orbital |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| BCPB | Bromochlorophenol Bluepar |