| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEHT | Modified Extended Hueckel Theory |
| EDX | Energy Dispersive X-ray |
| MRL | Method Reporting Limit |
| SIDLTS | Scanning Ion Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy |
| VSSP | Viscous Suspension Spinning Process |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act |
| SINDO/F | SINDO Free Of Empirical Parameters |
| CSA | Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
| ERMS | Energy Resolved Mass Spectrometry |
| GEA | Gradient-expansion Approxn. (in Exchange-energy Calcns.) |