| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPT | Standard Penetration Test |
| ELAP | Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| ACSV | Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification And Assessment Scheme (Australia) |
| CZT | Cadmium Zinc Telluride |
| MBGF | Many-body Green Function |
| ICR | Ion Cyclotron Resonance (mass Spectrometry) |
| DOBAMBC | P-(n-(decyloxybenzylidene)-p-amino-(2-methylbutyl) Cinnamate |
| ILZRO | International Lead Zinc Research Organization |
| PPB | Parts Per Billion |