| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPSEC | High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| LIPS | Lanthanide Ion Probe Spectroscopy |
| CGCG | Catalog Of Galaxies And Clusters Of Galaxies |
| CAB | Continental Arc Basalt |
| OS | Overlapping Spheres (method) |
| FIGLU | Formiminoglutamic Acid |
| MASIF | Measurement And Analysis Of Surface Interaction Forces |
| CNIE | Committee For The National Institute For The Environment |
| SVET | Scanning Vibrating Electrode Technique |
| SCEHM | Soil Chemical Exchange Of Heavy Metals Model |