| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCASV | D.c. Anodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| DLAS | Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| CRL | Certified Reporting Limit |
| ECF | Electric Crystal Field |
| BHN | Brinell Hardness Number |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| MCZDO | Many Center Zero Differential Overlap |
| SI | Site Investigation |
| STODI | Slater-type Orbital-point Dipole Interaction (in Mol. Polarizability Calcns.) |
| AACG | American Association For Crystal Growth |