| Acronym | Meaning |
| TPSSIMS | Temperature Programmed Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| HEGO | Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen |
| STM | Space-translation Method (in Atomic Collision Calcn.) |
| DMPK | Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| STT | Surface Tension Transfer |
| FAMA | Fluorescent Antibody Membrane Antigen |
| APEG | Alkaline Polyethylene Glycolate |
| PAD | Pulsed Amperometric Detection |
| USLE | Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model) |