| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFS | Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| SMBG | Self-monitoring Blood Glucose |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| CMDL | Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder |
| CBP | Combustion By-Product (from Incineration) |
| ZPC | Zero-point (energy) Corrections |
| INEEL | Idaho National Engineering And Environmental Laboratory |
| MECS | Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (DOE) |
| SC-FLAPW | Self-consistent Full-potential Linearized-augmented-plane-wave |
| RDA | Representational Difference Analysis |