| Acronym | Meaning |
| BHK | Baby Hamster Kidney |
| GBERL | Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory |
| LPED | Low-pressure Electric Discharge |
| IRN | Indicator Radionuclide |
| SCDM | Self-consistent Diagrammatic Method (in Calcn. On Electronic Excitation Transfer) |
| ICTS | Isothermal Capacitance Transient Spectroscopy |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| LORG | Localized Orbital-local Origin |
| TDWP | Time-dependent Wave Packet |
| PAT | Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH) |