| Acronym | Meaning |
| PFZ | Polar Frontal Zone |
| CEDIA | Cloned-enzyme Donor Immunoassay |
| TRLFS | Time Resolved Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| SHRIMP | Sensitive High Mass Resolution Ion Microprobe |
| ASHAA | Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (reg:9003-56-9) |
| BS | Breathing Sphere (approxn. In Mol.-scattering Calcns.) |
| IEET | Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer |
| SIMS | Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| FIM-APS | Field Ion Microscopy-atom Probe Spectroscopy |