| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASP | Auger Sputter Profiling |
| CNAEL | Committee On National Accreditation Of Environmental Laboratories (US EPA) |
| RAL | Recommended Allowable Limit |
| INFERNO | Irradiation Of Narrow Frequency Envelopes By Repeated Nutation And Orbiting |
| MRINDO/S | Modified Rydberg Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap/spectral (or Screening) |
| AIGER | American Industry Government Emissions Research Consortium |
| CARD | Contract Laboratory Program Analytical Results Database |
| MOMO | Maximum Overlap Molecular Orbital |
| CAE | Cis-acting Element |
| TCDW1 | Target Continuum Distorted-wave 1st-order (for At. Collisions) |