| Acronym | Meaning |
| RBA | Refined Born Approximation (for Atom-mol. Collisions) |
| IRGA | Infrared Gas Analyzer |
| PCF | Plasma Centrifugal Furnace |
| TCDFT | Two-component Density Functional Theory |
| ACERC | Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center |
| AMWA | American Metropolitan Water Association |
| DPA | Displacement Per Atom |
| SSP | Sequence Specific Primer |
| LCW | Liquid Core Waveguide |
| GCRIO | Global Change Research Information Office |