| Acronym | Meaning |
| TILIBS | Time-integrated Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy |
| NHF | Nonrelativistic Numerical Hartree-Fock |
| EUSES | European Union System For Evaluation Of Substances |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (of NOAA |
| PP | Pariser Parr |
| NAMF | Non-asbestos Mineral Fibers |
| GLC | Gas Liquid Chromatography |
| B2B | Boundary(-corrected) Second Born (for Scattering) |
| SWSV | Square-wave Stripping Voltammetry |
| SHRIMP | Sensitive High Mass Resolution Ion Microprobe |