| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSM | Synthetic Soil Matrix (US EPA) |
| CRMMA | Chemical Reference Material Manufacturers Association |
| FAMOUS | French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study |
| BMC | Benchmark Concentration |
| CIWEM | Chartered Institution Of Water And Environmental Management |
| CAER | Community Awareness And Emergency Response |
| EDXA | Energy-dispersive X-ray Analysis |
| UCC(N) | Unitary Coupled-cluster [truncated To Nth Order] |
| GWF | Global Warming Factor |
| SBS | Stimulated Brillouin Scattering |