| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMSL | Environmental Monitoring And Support Laboratory |
| LAL | Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (endotoxin Test) |
| CDO | Controlled Decomposition/oxidation |
| DF-SCF | Dirac-Fock Self-consistent Field |
| AAETA | Atomic Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Atomization |
| CSERGE | Center For Social And Economic Research Into The Global Environment |
| RTF | Replenished Tapped And Fractionated (magma) |
| BCF | Bulked Continuous-filament |
| UCI | Ultrasonic Contact Impedance |
| EMA | Electron Microprobe Analysis |