| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPG | Pike's Peak Granite (USGS Rock Standard) |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| CAL | Central Analytical Laboratory |
| EOD | Engineering Operations Division |
| CNLSD | Condensation Nucleation Light Scattering Detection |
| RIR | Relative Inhalation Risk |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence |
| DED | Death Effector Domain |
| TSLP | Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin |
| DBD | Dielectric Barrier Discharge |