| Acronym | Meaning |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UV Instrument |
| EBIT | Electron Beam Ion Trap |
| FIP | Flow Injection Potentiometry |
| ASE | Amplified Spontaneous Emission |
| MCSCRF | Multiconfigurational Self-consistent Reaction Field |
| PPMA | Parts Per Million Atomic |
| STFT | Short Time Fourier Transform |
| ESDMS | Electron Stimulated Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |