| Acronym | Meaning |
| POPCORN | Photo-Oxidant Formation By Plant Emitted Compds. And OH Radicals In North-Eastern Germany |
| TGMA | Task Group Of Metal Accumulation |
| QMC | Quantum Monte-Carlo (theory For Many-electron Atoms And Mols.) |
| SIDP | Sputter Ion Depth Profiling |
| DEGMBE | Diethylene Glycol Mono-n-Bu Ether |
| AREP | Averaged Relativistic Effective Potential |
| RSE | Relativistic Symmetric Eikonal |
| TMOS | Tetramethyl Orthosilicate |
| CLAMP | Center For Laser Aided Materials Processing |
| EP TOX | Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test (USEPA Method) |