| Acronym | Meaning |
| BMAW | Bare Metal Arc Welding |
| QFAAS | Quartz Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| NYSAS | New York Summer Aerosol Study |
| CCDIS | Charge-coupled Device Imaging Spectrometer |
| CTFA | Cosmetic, Toiletry And Fragrance Association |
| ECETOC | European Center For Ecotoxicology And Toxicology Of Chemicals |
| SOCO | Second-order Correlation Orbital |
| PXD | Powder X-ray Diffraction |
| LITA | Laser-induced Thermal Acoustics |
| LOGMO | Lowest Occupied Gaussian Molecular Orbital |