| Acronym | Meaning |
| BASTM | Beam-assisted Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| NHEXAS | National Human Exposure Assessment Survey |
| IP | Ionization Potential |
| DSA | Dynamic Strain Aging |
| IBMS | Ion Beam Mass Spectrometry |
| ACTS | Asbestos Contractor Tracking System |
| EMMA | Energy-dispersive Miniprobe Multielement Analyzer |
| EBA | Expanded Bed Adsorption |
| MBT | Minimum [spark Advance For] Best Torque |
| NPTOC | Nonpurgeable Total Organic Carbon |