| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACF | Anticoagulant Factor |
| VGAAS | Vapor Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| CALCOFI | California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| SURF III | Synchrotron UV Radiation Facility (at NIST) |
| CHAPEL | Continuous Hydrogen Analysis By Pressure Evaluation In Liquids |
| IFOT | Invariant Fock Operator Technique |
| AGST | Above Ground Storage Tank |
| MSA | Mineralogical Society Of America |
| IGC | International Geological Congress |
| BCS | Bragg Crystal Spectrometer |