| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERP | Environmental Review Process |
| METAALICUS | Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada And The US |
| UGLCC | Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels |
| PMDA | Pyromellitic Dianhydride |
| LAC | Liquid Adsorption Chromatography |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practices (US FDA) |
| CHFEP | Coreless Hartree-Fock Effective Potential |
| MIP | Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry |
| MC CMO | Multiconfigurational Complex Molecular Orbita |
| ESI | Electronic Supplementary Information |