| Acronym | Meaning |
| LCVD | Laser-induced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| SECH | Screened Exchange Plus Coulomb Hole Method |
| TSM | Total Suspended Material |
| PNA | Paraffins, Naphthenes, And Aromatics (in Petroleum Analysis) |
| SLBO | Strictly Localized Bond Orbital |
| HEEDS | Health And Environmental Effects Documents |
| VACSY | Variable-angle Correlation Spectroscopy |
| PEDRI | Proton-electron Double-resonance Imaging |
| SICP | Sealed Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| CCC | Critical Coagulant Concentration |