To fit the width of my acronym column I use the longest acronym as an option.
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\begin{acronym}[HRTEM]
\acro{hf}[HF]{Hydrofluoric Acid}
\acro{hopg}[HOPG]{Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite}
\acro{hrtem}[HRTEM]{High Resolution TEM}
\end{acronym}
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\def\bflabel#1{{\textbf{\textsf{#1}}\hfill}}
\newenvironment{AC@deflist}[1]%
{\ifAC@nolist%
\else%
\raggedright\begin{list}{}%
{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{\textbf{\textsf{#1}}}%
\setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
\addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\bflabel}}%
\fi}%
{\ifAC@nolist%
\else%
\end{list}%
\fi}%