| Acronym | Meaning |
| TWV | Trinkwasserverordnung (German Drinking Water Ordinance) |
| ECDL | External-cavity Diode Laser |
| CSA | Camphorsulfonic Acid |
| MPRI | Multiphoton Resonance Ionization |
| LLE | Liquid Liquid Extraction |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| GRRR | Graduated Response For Risk Reduction |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| AML | Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive |