| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAAS | American Association For The Advancement Of Science |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid |
| XMCD | X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism |
| QIT | Quadrupole Ion Trap |
| MMPC | Metal-matrix Particulate Composites |
| GIXD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |
| BCS | Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |
| ANDI | Analytical Data Interchange |
| CVB | Canonical Valence Bond |
| UPES | Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |