| Acronym | Meaning |
| SASS | Source Assessment Sampling System |
| UPTF | Upper Plenum Test Facility |
| FPW | Flexural Plate Wave |
| PMPIN | Pre-Manufacturing And Pre-Importation Notification |
| ERDA | US Energy Research And Development Administration |
| PLOT | Porous Layer Open Tubular (capillary Column For Gas Chromatography) |
| SPRKKR | Spin-polarized Relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker |
| SPAG | Small Particle Aerosol Generator |
| UOFMN | Unified Organically Functionalized Mesoporous Network |
| ISRE | Interferon-stimulated Response Element |