| Acronym | Meaning |
| OPAL | Optical Pumping Absorption Lidar |
| QLDA | Quasilocal Density Functional Approxn. |
| LEU | Low Enrichment Uranium |
| NMDS | Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling |
| GE-EPMA | Grazing-exit Electron Probe Microanalysis |
| AOC | Assimilable Organic Carbon |
| ELINCS | European List Of Notified Chemical Substances |
| BTDA | 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic Dianhydride |
| RCF | Rolling Contact Fatigue |
| FDMS | Field-desorption Mass Spectrometry |