| Abbreviation | Analytical technique | ||
| AAS | Atomic absorption spectrometry | ||
| AES | Atomic emission spectrometry | ||
| AFS | Atomic fluorescence spectrometry | ||
| ALPHA | Alpha-ray counting | ||
| AMS | Accelerator mass spectrometry | ||
| ASV | Anodic stripping voltammetry | ||
| BETA | Beta-ray counting | ||
| CCSA | Constant current stripping analysis | ||
| CEA | Combustion elemental analyzer | ||
| CHEM | Chemical (general, unspecified) | ||
| CL | Chemoluminescence | ||
| COLOR | Colorimetry | ||
| COULOM | Coulometry | ||
| CSV | Cathodic stripping voltammetry | ||
| CZE | Capillary zone electrophoresis | ||
| DCP-AES | Direct current - atomic emission spectrometry | ||
| DTA | Differential thermal analysis | ||
| ECD | Electron capture detection | ||
| EDS | Energy dispersive spetrometry | ||
| EPMA | Electron probe microanalysis | ||
| ETAAS | Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry | ||
| FAAS | Flame atomic absorption spectrometry | ||
| FA | Fire assay | ||
| FA -Grav | Fire assay-Gravimetric | ||
| FIA | Flow injection analysis | ||
| FLUOR | Fluorimetry | ||
| FT | Fissiontrack | ||
| FT-NMR | Fourier-Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | ||
| GAMMA | Gamma-ray counting | ||
| GC | Gaschromatography | ||
| GDAES | Glow discharge atomic emission spectrometry | ||
| GDMS | Glow discharge mass spectrometry | ||
| GFA | Gas fusion analysis | ||
| GFAAS | Graphite furnace atomic absorbtion spectrometry | ||
| GRAV | Gravimetry | ||
| HPIC | High-performance ion chromatography | ||
| HPLC | High-pressure liquid chromatography | ||
| IC | Ion chromatography | ||
| ICP | Inductively coupled plasma spectrometry | ||
| ICPAES | Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry | ||
| ICPMS | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| ICP-TOF-MS | ICP-Time of flight-mass spectrometry | ||
| ID | Isotope dilution | ||
| ID-ICPMS | Isotope dilution by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| ID-MC-ICPMS | Isotope dilution by multiple collector - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| IDMS | Isotope dilution by mass spectrometry | ||
| ID-TIMS | Isotope dilution by thermal ionization mass spectrometry | ||
| IGN | Ignition | ||
| INAA | Instrumental neutron activation analysis | ||
| IPAA | Instrumental photon activation analysis | ||
| IODOM | Iodometry | ||
| IR | Infrared analysis | ||
| IRAS | Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy | ||
| ISE | Ion-selective electrode | ||
| LA-ICP-AES | Laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry | ||
| LA-ICPMS | Laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| LA-MC-ICPMS | Laser ablation - multiple collector - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| LIBS | Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy | ||
| LIMS | Laser plasma ionization mass spectrometry | ||
| LSS | Liquid scintillation spectrometry | ||
| MANOM | Manometry | ||
| MC-ICPMS | Multiple collector - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry | ||
| MIC-SSMS | Multiple ion counting - spark source mass spectrometry | ||
| MS | Mass spectrometry (general) | ||
| NAA | Neutron activation analysis | ||
| PAA | Photon activation analysis | ||
| PGAA | Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis | ||
| PHOTOM | Photometry | ||
| PIGE | Proton induced gamma-ray emission | ||
| PIXE | Proton induced X-ray emission | ||
| POTENTIOM | Potentiometry | ||
| RNAA | Radiochemical neutron activation analysis | ||
| RPAA | Radiochemical photon activation analysis | ||
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy | ||
| SIMS | Secondary ion mass spectrometry | ||
| SNMS | Secondary neutral mass spectrometry | ||
| SPEC | Spectroscopy (general) | ||
| SR-XRF | Synchrotron radiation induced X-ray fluorescence | ||
| SSMS | Spark source mass spectrometry | ||
| TGRAV | Thermogravimetry | ||
| TIMS | Thermal ionization mass spectrometry | ||
| TIT | Titrimetry | ||
| VOLT | Voltammetry | ||
| VOLUM | Volumetry | ||
| WET | Wet chemistry | ||
| XRF | X-ray fluorescence | ||
| Abbreviation | Uncertainty type | ||
| 95%CL | 95% confidence limit | ||
| 95%CL(rel) | Relative 95% confidence limit in percent | ||
| ACC | Accuracy | ||
| ACC(%) | Accuracy in percent | ||
| ERROR | Error | ||
| ERROR(%) | Error in percent | ||
| INFORMATION | Information value (magnitude) | ||
| PREC | Precision | ||
| PREC(%) | Precision in percent | ||
| PROPOSED | Proposed value | ||
| RECOMMENDED | Recommended value | ||
| RSD(%) | Relative standard deviation in percent | ||
| RSE(%) | Relative standard error in percent | ||
| SD | Standard deviation | ||
| SE | Standard error | ||
| SIGMA | Standard deviation | ||
| SIGMA-M | Standard error | ||
| UNCERT | Uncertainty | ||
| UNCERT(%) | Uncertainty in percent | ||
| Abbreviation | Reference material provider | ||
| ACME | ACME Laboratories, Canada | ||
| ALD | Aldrich, USA | ||
| AMES | Ames Laboratory, USA | ||
| AMIS | African Mineral Standards, South Africa | ||
| ANRT | Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique, France | ||
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute, USA | ||
| ANU | Australian National University, Australia | ||
| AOCS | American Oil Chemists' Society, USA | ||
| ASTM | ASTM International, USA | ||
| BAM | Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Germany | ||
| BAS | Bureau of Analysed Samples, UK | ||
| BCR | Community Bureau of References, Belgium | ||
| BFG | Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany | ||
| BIORAD | US Bio Rad Laboratories, USA | ||
| BKA | Bundeskriminalamt, Germany | ||
| BRGM | Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières, France | ||
| CAGS | Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China | ||
| CAM | University of Cambridge, UK | ||
| CANMET | Canadian Center for Mineral and Energy Technology, Canada | ||
| CASX | Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China | ||
| CCRMP | Canadian Certified Reference Material Project, Canada | ||
| CENA | Nuclear Energy Center for Agriculture, Brazil | ||
| CEPIS | Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmentak Sciences, Lima Peru | ||
| CF | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||
| CGS | Canadian Geological Survey, Canada | ||
| CMI | Czech Metrological Institute, Czech Republic | ||
| CNRS | Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France | ||
| CRPG | Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques, France | ||
| CSL | Central Science Laboratory, UK | ||
| DK | University of Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| DLC | Danish Lithosphere Center, Denmark | ||
| DSM | Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd., Israel | ||
| EMPA | Swiss Fed. Lab. For Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland | ||
| ERA | Environmental Resource Associates, USA | ||
| FAPAS | Food Analysis Programme Assessment Scheme, UK | ||
| GEMOC | Macquarie (Geochem. Evol. & Metallogeny of Continents), Australia | ||
| GIT-IWG | Groupe International de Travail - International Working Group, France | ||
| GSC | Geological Survey of Canada | ||
| GSCA | Geoscience Australia, Australia | ||
| GSF | see NGRI | ||
| GSJ | Geological Survey of Japan, Japan | ||
| HMM | Harvard Mineralogical Museum, USA | ||
| HPS | High-Purity Standards, Charleston, USA | ||
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria | ||
| IAG | International Association of Geoanalysts, Potsdam, Germany | ||
| IAPSO | International Association for the physical Sciences of the Oceans, Sweden | ||
| IGEM | Institute of Geology of Ore deposits, Russia | ||
| IGG | Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Italy | ||
| IGGE | Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, China | ||
| IGI | Siberian Branch of Russian Academy, Russia | ||
| INCT | Institute Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Poland | ||
| INSP | Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Canada | ||
| IPT | Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Brazil | ||
| IRANT | Institute of Radioecology and Applied Nuclear Techniques, Slovak Rep. | ||
| IRMM | Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Belgium | ||
| ISPRA | European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy | ||
| JMC | Alfa Aesar Johnson Matthey, USA | ||
| JSAC | Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Japan | ||
| JSS | Japanese Iron and Steel CRM, Japan | ||
| JSSSPN | Japan Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Japan | ||
| KANTO | Kanto Chemicals, Japan | ||
| KRISS | Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea | ||
| KTRDC | Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, USA | ||
| LGC | Laboratory of The Government Chemist, UK | ||
| MBH | MBH Analytical Limited, UK | ||
| MERCK | Merck, Germany | ||
| MINTEK | Council for Mineral Technology, South Africa | ||
| MPI-DING | Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Germany | ||
| MRET | Mineral Research and Exploration Turkey | ||
| NBL | National Brunswick Laboratory, USA | ||
| NBS | see NIST | ||
| NCRMWG | Nordic CRM Working Group, Sweden | ||
| NCS | National Analysis Centre, China | ||
| NERC | Natural Environmental Research Council, UK | ||
| NGRI | National Geophysical Research Institute, India | ||
| NIES | National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan | ||
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA | ||
| NKK | Nippon Keikinzoku Kogyo, Japan | ||
| NMIJ | National Metrology Institute of Japan, Japan | ||
| NRCC | National Research Council of Canada, Canada | ||
| NRCCRM | National Research Centre for Certified Reference Materials, China | ||
| NRCG | National Research Center for Geoanalysis, China | ||
| NWRI | National Water Research Institute, Canada | ||
| NWTM | Northwest Territorial Mint, USA | ||
| NYS | New York State Department of Health, USA | ||
| NZ | Rocklabs Ltd., New Zealand | ||
| OGS | Ontario Geological Survey, Canada | ||
| OREP | Open Research & Exploration Pty. Ftd. (Vic., Australia) | ||
| OU | Open University, UK | ||
| PICC | Programa Interlaboratorios de Control de Calidad, Brazil | ||
| PSRI | Planetary Science Research Institute, Milton Keynes, UK | ||
| RIAP | Research Institute of Applied Physics, Russia | ||
| ROMIL | Romil Ltd., UK | ||
| RSIL | Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory, USA | ||
| RTC | Resource Technology Corporation, USA | ||
| SCP | SCP Science, Canada | ||
| SDSU | San Diego State University, USA | ||
| SERO | Sero AS, Billingstad, Norway | ||
| SIO | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA | ||
| SMI | Slovak Institute of Metrology, Slovakia | ||
| SMITHS | Smithsonian Institution, USA | ||
| SOAC | State Oceanographic Administration of China | ||
| SPEX | Spex, USA | ||
| SPS | SPS Spectrapure Standards, Oslo, Norway | ||
| SUERC | Scottish Universities Environmental Research Center, UK | ||
| UA | University of Alberta, Canada | ||
| UB | University of Bergen, Norway | ||
| UCSC | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA | ||
| UH | University of Heidelberg, Germany | ||
| UI | University of Iceland | ||
| UKAEA | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK | ||
| ULEO | University of Leoben, Austria | ||
| UM | Universität Münster, Germany | ||
| UMD | University of Maryland | ||
| UNICAMP | University of Campinas, Brazil | ||
| UOE | University of Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| UQAC | University du Québec a Chicoutimi, Canada | ||
| US | Ultra Scientific Inc., USA | ||
| USGS | United States Geological Survey, USA | ||
| UT | Universität Tübingen, Germany | ||
| UWM | University of Wisconsin, USA | ||
| VKI | Institute of Water and Environment, Denmark | ||
| ZGI | Zentrales Geologisches Institut, Berlin, former GDR |