| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMT | Cadmium Mercury Telluride |
| CVD | Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| MCL | Method Calibration Limit |
| SS | Suspended Solids |
| FTD | Flame Thermionic Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| PIB | Potential Induced Breathing (model In Electronic-structure Studies In Superconductors) |
| LST | Local Solar Time |
| NICE | Neutral Interstellar Composition Experiment |
| HVEM | High-voltage Electron Microscopy |
| TACT | Trans Alaska Crustal Transect |