| AAS | ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY |
| ADC | ALPHA-DECAY COUNTING |
| ADS | ADSORPTION |
| AES | ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (FLAME PHOTOMETRY) |
| ALPHA | ALPHA SPECTROMETRY |
| ALPHA_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION ALPHA-SPECTROMETRY |
| AMS | ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ARS | ARSINE GUTZEIT REACTION |
| ART | ALPHA-RECOIL TRACKS DATING |
| CALC | CALCINATION |
| CB | CARBONATE BOMB |
| CHARM | CHARMOGRAPH |
| CHN | CHN ANALYZER |
| CIR | COMBUSTION-INFRARED TECHNIQUE |
| CNS | CNS ANALYZER |
| COL | COLORIMETRY |
| DAA | DEUTERON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| DCPAES | DIRECT-CURRENT PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY |
| DCPOES | DIRECTLY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY |
| DNAA | DELAYED NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| ECGC | ELECTRON CAPTURE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| EHM | EXTRACTION HYDROGEN MANOMETRY |
| EL | ELECTROMETRY |
| ELA-ICPMS | EXCIMER LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| EMP (EPMA) | ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS |
| ENAA | EPITHERMAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| ESR | ELECTRON-SPIN RESONANCE AGE |
| FLUOR | FLUOROMETRY |
| FTIR | FOURIER TRANSFORM IR SPECTROSCOPY |
| FTSC | FISSION-TRACK SPARK COUNTING |
| GAMMA | GAMMA SPECTROMETRY |
| GC | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| GRAV | GRAVIMETRY |
| HEAT_STAGE | MICROSCOPE VACUUM HEATING STAGE |
| HPIC | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ION CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| HPLC | HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| HR_ICPMS | HIGH-RESOLUTION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| HR_SIMS | HIGH-RESOLUTION SECONDARY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| IC | ION CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| ICPAES | INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS | INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS_LA | LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS_LA_SF | LASER ABLATION DOUBLE-FOCUSING MAGNETIC SECTOR FIELD INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS_LAM | LASER ABLATION MICROPROBE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPMS_LPMA | LASER PROBE MICROANALYSIS INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| ICPOES | INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY |
| IGN | IGNITION |
| IH | INDUCTION HEATING |
| INAA | INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| IPAA | INSTRUMENTAL PHOTON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| IQ | INFRARED QUANTIFICATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION |
| IR | INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY |
| IRAS | INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY |
| IRGA | INFRARED GAS ANALYZER |
| IRM | INFRARED REFLECTION MOISTURE ANALYSIS |
| IRP | INFRARED PHOTOMETRY |
| IRSPEC | INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY |
| ISE | ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE |
| LF | LASER FLUORINATION |
| LIC | LIQUID ION CHROMATOGRAPHY |
| LIDIA | LARGE ISOTOPE-DILUTION ION-PROBE ANALYSIS |
| LIMS | LASER PLASMA IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| LMPA | LASER-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS |
| MANO | MANOMETRY |
| MBS | MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY |
| MC_ICPMS | MULTICOLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MAGNETIC SECTOR MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MC_ICPMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION MULTIPLE-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MC_ICPMS_LA | LASER ABLATION MULTIPLE-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MC_ICPMS_LAM | LASER ABLATION MICROPROBE MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MIC | MICROABSORPTION |
| MMMS | MICROMASS MULTIPREP MASS SPECTROMETER |
| MPES | MICROWAVE PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY |
| MS | MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| MS_LA | LASER ABLATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| NAA | NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| NIR | NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETRY |
| NMP | NUCLEAR MICROPROBE |
| OES | OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY |
| PAA | PHOTON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| PEN | PENFIELD METHOD |
| PGNAA | PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| PH | PYROHYDROLYSIS |
| PHOT | PHOTOMETRY |
| PIGME | PARTICULE INDUCED GAMMA-RAY EMISSION |
| PIGS | PRE-IRRADIATION GROUP CONCENTRATION METHOD |
| PIMMS | PLASMA IONISATION MULTI-COLLECTOR MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| PIMMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION PLASMA IONISATION MULTI-COLLECTOR MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| PIXE | PARTICLE INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION MICROPROBE |
| PMP | PROTON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS |
| POES | PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY |
| POL | POLAROGRAPHY |
| POT | POTENTIOMETRY |
| PSMS | PLASMA-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| PTIMS | POSITIVE THERMAL-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| Q_ICPMS | QUADRUPOLE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| RAM | RADON METHOD |
| RIMS | RESONANCE-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| RIMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION RESONANCE-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| RNAA | RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS |
| RNE | RN-EMANATION |
| RS | RAMAN SPECTROMETRY |
| SCLF | SINGLE CRYSTAL LASER FUSION TECHNIQUE |
| SEM | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY |
| SHRIMP | SENSITIVE HIGH-MASS-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE |
| SIE | SPECIFIC ION ELECTRODE |
| SIMS | ISOTOPE-DILUTION SECONDARY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SIMS_D | SECONDARY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SOSMS | SOLID-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SOSMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION SOLID-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SPEC | SPECTROPHOTOMETRY |
| SPECC | SPECTROCHEMISTRY |
| SPECG | SPECTROGRAPHY |
| SSMS | SPARK-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SSMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION SPARK-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SSMS_MIC | MULTI-ION COUNTING SPARK-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SSMS_MIC_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION MULTI-ION COUNTING SPARK-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| SSMS_RSF | SPARK-SOURCE MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CALIBRATION WITH RELATIVE SENSITIVITY FACTOR |
| TC_EA | THERMAL CONVERSION ELEMENTAL ANALYZER |
| TCD | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETECTOR |
| TD_ICPES | TOTAL DIGESTION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY |
| TDTA | THERMOGRAVIMETRIC AND DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER |
| TIMS | THERMAL-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| TIMS_HAS | HIGH-ABUNDANCE SENSITIVITY THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| TIMS_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION THERMAL-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| TIMS_N | NEGATIVE ION THERMAL-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| TIMS_N_ID | ISOTOPE-DILUTION NEGATIVE ION THERMAL-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| TIRS | TRANSMISSION IR SPECTROSCOPY |
| TIT | TITRATION |
| TLD | THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING |
| TPD | TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION ELECTRON PROBE |
| USN | ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY |
| VAC | VACUUM FUSION TECHNIQUE |
| VOL | VOLUMETRY |
| VOLT | VOLTAMETRY |
| WET | WET-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS |
| XANES | X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY |
| XPS | X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY |
| XRD | X-RAY DIFFRACTION SPECTROMETRY |
| XRF | X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS |