| Acronym | Meaning |
| POX | Purgeable Organic Halogen(s) |
| SMBC | Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography |
| ROS | Restricted (or Roothaan) Open-shell (Hamiltonian) |
| DBDPO | Decabromodiphenyl Oxide |
| EST | External Standardization Technique |
| LRMS | Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| BPC | Bonded-phase Chromatography |
| GPMAS | Gas Phase Molecular Absorption Spectrometry |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological And Chemical |
| LRMA | Laser Raman Microanalysis |