| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRMM | Institute For Reference Materials And Measurements |
| CTPV | Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles |
| EAL-MCDF | Extended Average Level-(relativistic) Multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock |
| SPIN | Silica Phase-immobilized Nitroxide |
| CHEC | Commonwealth Human Ecology Council |
| APS | Advanced Photon Source |
| TIRM | Total Internal Reflection Microscopy |
| HTCGC | High Temperature Capillary Gas Chromatography |
| DSID | Direct Sample Insertion Device |
| AETE | Absorption-energy Transfer-emission |