| Acronym | Meaning |
| NMAM | NIOSH Manual Of Analytical Methods |
| RAM | Renormalized Atom Model (for Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| HEN | High-efficiency Nebulizer |
| A/CNK | [Al2O3/(CaO + Na2O + K2O)] (Shand's Index) |
| PHOTOSELEX | Photochemical Systematic Evolution Of Ligands By Exponential Enrichment |
| MCHF | Multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock |
| QDPT | Quasi-degenerate Perturbation Theory |
| EGAMS | Evolved Gas Analysis Mass Spectroscopy |
| FBG | Fiber Bragg Grating |
| CCO | Coupled-channel-optical (potential |