| Acronym | Meaning |
| GDR | Giant Dipole Resonance |
| EMT | Effective Mass Theory (in Electronic Wave Functions Calcn.) |
| CILS | Collision-induced Light Scattering |
| XAES | X-ray Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| SUMP | Spin-constrained Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset |
| IEV | Ion-exchange Voltammetry |
| LAPIS | Linden Atmosphere/Phytosphere Interaction Study |
| WET | Whole Effluent Toxicity |
| ADAM | Angular Distribution Auger Microscopy |
| CAST | Cyclic Activated Sludge Technol. |