| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMMO | Strictly Monomer Molecular Orbital |
| AER | Atmospheric And Environmental Research |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| GIRM | Generalized Internal Reference Method |
| WEFA | Window Evolving Factor Analysis |
| GSAC | Generalized Symmetry Adapted Cluster (theory) |
| CIPEA | Comite International Pour L'Etude Des Argiles |
| IRPDS | Infrared Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| RQ | Reportable Quantity |
| STAIRS | Storage And Information Retrieval System |