| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAO | Modified Atomic Orbital |
| FANES | Furnace Atomization Non-thermal Emission Spectrometry |
| ICP/MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| RESS | Rapid Expansion Of Supercritical Solution |
| COPNA | Condensed Polynuclear Aromatics |
| MPI | Modified Perturbation Iteration |
| IRMP | International Remote Monitoring Program |
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| PLS | Partial Least Squares |
| PIANO | Paraffin |