| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPTLC | High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| SOCO | Second-order Correlation Orbital |
| ARC | Accelerating Rate Calorimetry |
| FEM | Free Electron Model |
| LAAM | Levo-alpha Acetyl Methadol |
| CA | Chromosomal Abberation |
| ESD | Element-Specific Detector |
| CIMS | Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| PWBE | Plane-wave Born Approxn. With Exchange |