| Acronym | Meaning |
| RI/FS | Remedial Investigation/feasibility Study (Superfund) |
| MSRI | Mass Spectroscopy Of Recoiled Ions |
| TWV | Trinkwasserverordnung (German Drinking Water Ordinance) |
| AEERL | Air And Energy Engineering Research Laboratory (US EPA) |
| ECD | Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| EOT | Equivalent Oxide Thickness |
| FMASH | FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O System |
| INCENP | Inner Centromere Protein |
| REACCS | Reaction Access System |
| GFA | Glass-forming Ability |