| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCEL | Direct Current Electroluminescent |
| NTI | National Toxics Inventory |
| SITE | Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation |
| MQES | Metastable-quenched Electron Spectroscopy |
| APLI | Atmospheric Pressure Laser Ionization |
| PSRP | Process To Significantly Reduce Pathogens (of EPA) |
| TEQ | Toxicity Equivalent |
| AGID | Agar Gel Immunodiffusion |
| HVA | Homovanillic Acid |
| IGP | Intergranular Penetration |