| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCS | British Chemical Standard |
| AQMWA | Air Quality And Waste Management Association |
| HDMR | High-dimensional Model Representation |
| GDA | Glow Discharge Atomization (for Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) |
| GISAXS | Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering |
| GRHF | Generalized Restricted Hartree-Fock |
| RSC | Residual Sodium Carbonate |
| MCL | Method Calibration Limit |
| SBH | Schottky-barrier Height |
| CPS | Centimeter/second Viscosity Measurement |