| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLOD | Concn. Limit Of Detection |
| NTEF | Near Total External Fluorescence |
| OSF | Odor Safety Factor |
| PELAN | Pulsed Elemental Analysis With Neutrons |
| H-FABP | Heart Fatty Acid-binding Protein |
| ANZECC | Australian And New Zealand Environment And Conservation Council |
| WET | Whole Effluent Toxicity |
| SPS | Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy |
| CCTM | Coupled-channel Transition Matrix (in Atom-surface Scattering) |
| EICP | Enclosed Inductively Coupled Plasma |