| Acronym | Meaning |
| NLLAP | National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| EXGEM | Extended Geminal (model Correlated Wave Function) |
| OS | Overlapping Spheres (method) |
| TCA | Traveling-cluster Approximation (a Generalization Of CPA For Electronic-structure Of Alloys) |
| FEBIAD | Forced Electron Beam Induced Arc Discharge |
| SERI | Solar Energy Research Institute |
| HMW | High Molecular Weight |
| OVD | Outside Vapor Deposition |
| TEDOR | Transferred Echo Double Resonance |
| FRS | Forced Rayleigh Scattering |