| Acronym | Meaning |
| HWERL | Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory (USEPA Cincinnati) |
| QSM | Quantum Shell Model |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| IMAC | Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography |
| CAMCORE | Central American And Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative |
| JCPDS | Joint Committee On Powder Diffraction Standards |
| ESEM | Electron Spin Echo Modulation |
| NTD | Neutron Transmutation Doping |
| RMAPS | Receptor Model Applied To Patterns In Space |
| PAA | Photon Activation Analysis |