| Acronym | Meaning |
| FYNES | Fluorescence Yield Near Edge Spectroscopy |
| ISV | In Situ Vitrification |
| FO-CPHF | First-order Coupled Perturbed Hartree-Fock Theory |
| RRGM | Recursive Residue Generation Method |
| XPM | X-ray Photoelectron Microscopy |
| AAL | Acceptable Ambient Level(s) |
| ALCA | American Leather Chemists' Association |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| CMP | Chemical Mechanical Polishing |
| STLC | Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration |