| Acronym | Meaning |
| EAPFS | Extended Appearance-potential Fine-structure Spectroscopy |
| BSSE | Basis-set Superposition Error |
| ETO | Exponential-type Orbital |
| SCBA | Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
| DGME | Diethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether |
| OES | Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| SETAC | Society Of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry |
| MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| GLISP | Great Lakes International Surveillance Plan |
| TIRFCS | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy |