| Acronym | Meaning |
| MQC | Multiple-quantum Coherence |
| AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| GSA | Geological Society Of America |
| ASSP | Aerosol Scattering Spectrometer Probe |
| IPVD | Ionized Physical Vapor Deposition |
| DQW | Double Quantum Well |
| MC-SCF | Monte Carlo Self-consistent-field |
| MR-SAC | Multireference Symmetry-adapted-cluster (quantum Theory Or Wave Function For Mol. Calcns.) |
| BGS | Below Ground Surface |
| LAS | Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants) |