| Acronym | Meaning |
| CERN | Conseil Europeen Pour La Recherche Nucleaire |
| RTF | Room Temperature Fluorescence |
| TPE | Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer |
| NAPIAP | National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program |
| ABSA | American Biological Safety Association |
| EICP | Enclosed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| HQE | Hemiquantal Equations |
| NSF | National Sanitation Foundation |
| SCEPM | Self-consistent Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| SXM | Scanning X-ray Microscope |