| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRXF | Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence |
| DAIRS | Differential Absorption Infrared Sensor |
| CIPSO | Configuration Interaction (with) Perturbation (including) Spin-orbit Coupling |
| SRBC | Sheep Red Blood Cell |
| ORD BBS | ORD Electronic Bulletin Board System |
| MCM 41 | Mobil Catalytic Material 41 |
| MIESR | Matrix Isolation Electron Spin Resonance |
| CTD | Conductivity |
| OCT | Optimized Cluster Theory |
| FANES | Furnace Atomization Non-thermal Emission Spectrometry |