| Acronym | Meaning |
| QAEM | Quality Assurance For Environmental Measurements |
| RALLS | Right-angle Laser Light Scattering |
| BPB | 4-bromophenacyl Bromide |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| LIS | Lightning Imaging Sensor |
| CP-LSDA | Car-Parrinello Local Spin Density Functional |
| AEPECS | Auger Electron-photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy |
| NGPSA | Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act |
| IUPAP | International Union Of Pure And Applied Physics |
| CORDIS | Community Research And Development Information Service |