| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAFT-VR | Statistical Assocg. Fluid Theory For Chain Mols. With Interaction Potentials Of Variable Range |
| EMEG | Environmental Media Evaluation Guides |
| NASC | North American Shale Composite |
| OIDA | Optoelectronics Industry Development Association |
| MIP | Magnetic Induced Polarization (for Subsurface Characterization) |
| SAA | Serum Amyloid A |
| CEI | Committee On Environmental Improvement |
| LEPECVD | Low Energy Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| LSTH | Liu-Siegbahn-Truhlar-Horowitz (potential-energy Surface) |
| LPA | Linearized Propagator Approximation |