| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| ESMS | Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| WDXRF | Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence |
| AO | Office Of The Administrator |
| CFM | Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| INTECOL | The International Association Of Ecology |
| DSPES | Depth-selective Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| HWS | Hazardous Waste Site |
| BSSE | Basis-set Superposition Error |
| CLIP | Corticotropin-Like Intermediate-lobe Peptide |