| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDA | Metal Deactivator |
| GENESIS | Global Environmental And Ecological Simulation Of Interactive Systems |
| OSWSV | Osteryoung Square Wave Stripping Voltammetry |
| GWPS | Groundwater Protection Standard |
| TDLAS | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ICI | Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional |
| SQC | Sediment Quality Criteria |
| MSCV | Murine Stem Cell Virus |
| SDO | Shielded Diatomic Orbital |
| OBK3 | Third-order Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers |