| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAFS | Flame Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| ERCP | Emergency Response Concept Plan |
| PNO-CE | Pseudonatural Orbital-configuration Expansion |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| VPEEM | Valence Band Photoemission Electron Microscopy |
| TRAIL | Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand |
| RSCA | Relativistic Semiclassical Approximation (for At. Scattering) |
| MLE | Molecular Layer Epitaxy |
| PRTR | Pollutant Release And Transfer Register |
| ESPRIT | European Strategic Programme For Research And Development In Information Technology |