| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCLI | National Chemical Laboratory For Industry (Japan) |
| GVB | Generalized Valence Bond |
| TIP | Total Isomerization Process |
| CNDO/F | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/force |
| SRAPW | Scalar Relativistic Augmented Plane Wave |
| POH | Purgeable Organic Halogen(s) |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| CMAS | CaO-MgO-aluminum Oxide-silicon Dioxide |
| SAXPS | Selected Area X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| ETA | Electrothermal Atomization |