| Acronym | Meaning |
| PHE | Potentially Harmful Element |
| NCLAP | National Crop Loss Assessment Program |
| ASTER | Assessment Tools For The Evaluation Of Risk |
| HMWMC | Hazardous Materials And Waste Management Consortium |
| BMV | Berthier-Millie-Veillard Method (semiempirical MO-SCF) |
| MCP2P | Multiconfigurational Particle-particle Propagator |
| AID | Agency For International Development |
| TSD | Thermally Stimulated Discharge |
| LSS | Lindhard-Scharff-Schiott Theory |
| NIRF | Near-infrared Fluorescence |