| AAS | Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| ADR | Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route |
| Aq. | Aqua - Water |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| BP | British Pharmacopoeia |
| C.I. No. | Colour Index Number |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CRM | Certified Reference Material |
| DAB | German Medical Book |
| DCP | Direct Current Plasma |
| DIN | German Standards Institute |
| EINECS | European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances |
| FCC | Food Chemical Codex (USA) |
| FDA | Food & Drug Administration |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| GC/MS | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| GHS | Global Harmonised System |
| GLC | Gas Liquid Chromatography |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| IC | Ion Chromatography |
| ICP | Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| ICP-AES | Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy |
| ICP/MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| IMDG | International Marine Dangerous Goods |
| IR | Infrared Spectroscopy |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| JP | Japanese Pharmacopoeia |
| LC-MS | Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| LOD | Loss On Drying |
| LOI | Loss On Ignition |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
| NIST | National InstituteACS of Standards and Technology |
| NTU | Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
| NT | Non Aqueous Titration |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry |
| Ph Eur. | European Pharmacopoeia |
| ppb | Parts Per Billion |
| ppm | Part Per Million |
| REACH | Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals |
| RFA | X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis |
| RI | Refractive Index |
| SF | Spectrofotometrie |
| SPE | Solid Phase Extraction |
| SRM | Standard Reference Material |
| STAB | Stabilised |
| SUBL | Sublimated |
| SYNTH | Synthetic |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| UHPLC | Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| ULCMS | Ultra Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| UN | United Nations |
| USP | United States Pharmacopoeia |
| UV | Ultraviolet Spectroscopy |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits |
| XRF | X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis |
