| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOM | Biodegradable Organic Matter |
| STA | Simultaneous Thermal Analysis |
| DIBS | Dual Ion Beam Sputtering |
| DICE | Dynamic Integrated Climate-economy Model |
| WFS | Work Function Spectroscopy |
| COSY | Correlation Spectroscopy |
| CHEMATA | Chem. Mechanism Adaptation To Tropospheric Applications |
| MSO | Modified Slater Orbital |
| EVE | Ethyl Vinyl Ether |
| LAS | Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants) |