| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFAES | Carbon Furnace Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| AAEE | American Academy Of Environmental Engineers |
| ALI | Annual Limit On Intake |
| AMS | Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Or Spectroscopy |
| AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| GLAS | Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
| ASTHO | Association Of State And Territorial Health Officers |
| PEELS | Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| RS | Rayleigh Schroedinger (perturbation Theory) |
| MSC | Molecular Simulated Crystal Method (in Compton Profile Calcns.) |