| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPC | Maximum Permissible Concentration |
| PBDE | Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether |
| PSII | Plasma Source Ion Implantation |
| LIPSS | Laser-induced Periodic Surface Structures |
| CCA | Crystalline Cluster Approach (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| AKDDQ | Aluminum Killed Deep Drawing Quality |
| APAES | Appearance Potential Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| ISE | Iterative Secular Equation (method For Solving The Schroedinger Equation) |
| FFZE | Free-flow Zone Electrophoresis |
| COC | Chain Of Custody |