| Acronym | Meaning |
| AES | American Electroplating Society |
| TC | Toxicity Characteristic |
| EBL | Electron-beam Lithography |
| SCMFT | Self-consistent Mean-field Theory |
| SOBO | Spin-orbit (coupled) Bond Orbital |
| IRBIC | Infrared Beam Induced Current |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| ORAQI | Oak Ridge Air Quality Index |
| I-TEQ | International Toxic Equivalent |
| CFPP | Cold Filter Plugging Point |