| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAN | Peroxyacetyl Nitrate |
| TELS | Transmission Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| EDW | Exchange Distorted-wave |
| PMR | Proportional Mortality Ratio |
| CHIME | (chem. Th-U-total Pb Isochron Method) |
| FTU | Formazine Turbidity Unit |
| ECMCAD | Extracellular Matrix And Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| MASE | Microwave-assisted Solvent Extraction |
| SFRS | Spin-flip Raman Scattering |
| OPGF | One-particle Green Function |