| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCRMP | Canadian Certified Ref. Materials Project |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| FOQELS | Fiber Optic Quasi Elastic Light Scattering |
| FAS | Flame Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AGE | Advanced Glycosylation End Product |
| BVD | Bovine Viral Diarrhea |
| PVDC | Poly(vinylidene Dichloride) |
| OMNMHCE | Organic Material Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Equivalent |
| CCST | Complex Coordinate Scattering Theory |
| BOA | Bidirectional Orbital Approximation (in Valence Bond Theory) |