| Acronym | Meaning |
| EWS | Engineering Workstation |
| VASS | Variable Angle Sampling Spinning |
| TMCP | Thermomech. Control Process |
| BTDC | Bulk Thermal Desorption Chamber |
| FCA | Frozen-core Appproximation |
| PSXD | Position Sensitive X-ray Detector |
| REPELS | Reemitted Positron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| LOA | Linear Optical Amplifier |
| CTE | Charge-transfer Efficiency |
| UHMWPE | Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene |