| Acronym | Meaning |
| DMDS | Dimethyl Disulfide |
| VX | O-ethyl-S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonothiolate |
| VOF | Volatile Org. Fraction |
| MQES | Metastable-quenched Electron Spectroscopy |
| XBIS | X-ray Bremsstrahlung Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| RSM | Reduction Symmetry Method (in Crystal Field Theory) |
| ARDEC | Armament Research |
| SFC | Supercritical Fluid Chromatography |
| FACSS | Federation Of Analytical Chemistry And Spectroscopy Societies |
| PNRA | Photon-tagged Nuclear Reaction Analysis |