| Acronym | Meaning |
| AET | Acoustic Emission Technique |
| TWV | Trinkwasserverordnung (German Drinking Water Ordinance) |
| HQSAR | Holographic Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship |
| C4 | Controlled Collapse Chip Connection |
| DCQAP | Data Collection Quality Assurance Plan |
| HESP | Human Exposure To Soil Pollutants |
| SIM | Standards Injection Module |
| CHRM | Characteristic Remanent Magnetization |
| CBO | Coulomb Born Oppenheimer |
| CADE | Computer Aided Deposit Evaluation |