| Acronym | Meaning |
| FVP | Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis |
| SFE | Supercritical Fluid Extraction |
| BAPMON | Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network |
| MC-ICPMS | Multiple-collector Inductively Coupled Plasma-mass Spectrometry |
| AGAL | Australian Government Analytical Laboratories |
| GIPME | Global Investigation Of Pollution In The Marine Environment |
| UATMP | Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program |
| RRM | Rayleigh-Ritz Method (for Quantum Calculations) |
| DBTS | Ductile-to-brittle Transition Strain |
| EGR | Exhaust Gas Recirculation |