| Acronym | Meaning |
| STEP | Solar Terrestrial Energy Program |
| GCHAZ | Grain-coarsened Heat-affected Zone |
| CAP88-PC | Clean Air Act Assessment Package-1988 |
| OTC | Open Tubular Column |
| MCA | Manufacturing Chemist Association |
| SPEG | Solid Phase Epitaxial Growth |
| EQCIS | Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Impedance System |
| DIGM | Diffusion Induced Grain Boundary Migration |
| DDAB | Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide |
| SRC-1 | Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 |