| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAM | Scanning Auger Microscopy |
| SOI | Silicon On Insulator |
| PGM | Platinum-group Mineral(s) |
| VASE | Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
| DPR | California Department Of Pesticide Regulation |
| ATD | Atmospheric Technology Division |
| ICC | Integrated Cell Culture |
| SCI | Stabilized Criegee Intermediate(s) |
| SCSAG | Small-curvature Semiclassical Adiabatic Ground-state (tunneling Approxn.) |
| RICE | UK Regular Interlaboratory Counting Exchange (for Asbestos Analysis) |