| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Program |
| LME | Liquid-metal Embrittlement |
| LDR | Land Disposal Restriction(s) |
| TIMS | Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| FRCA | Fire Retardant Chemicals Association |
| LDS | Linear Dichroism Spectrometry |
| CARBASHD | Carbon-relayed Band-selected Homonuclear-decoupled |
| CETP | Channel Equiv. Of A Theor. Plate |
| SRS | Surface Reflectance Spectroscopy |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |