| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAA | Poly (acrylic Acid) |
| CORR | Chemicals On Reporting Rules |
| CNRS | Centre Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| CSWRCB | California State Water Resources Control Board |
| TSD | Treatment, Storage, Or Disposal |
| MWP | Moving Wave Packet (model For Mol. Scattering) |
| ERCP | Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography |
| SIDLTS | Scanning Ion Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy |
| POC | Product Of Combustion |
| QSSPC | Quasi-steady-state Photoconductance |