| Acronym | Meaning |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| NCTR | National Center For Toxicological Research |
| AIBS | American Institute Of Biological Sciences |
| SBZ | Surface Brillouin Zone |
| CDOC | Colored Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| HDPEX | Cross-linked |
| CSCT | US EPA Consortium For Site Characterization Technology |
| VPD | Vapor Phase Decomposition |
| FRM | Federal Reference Method |
| CDCCC | Centrifugal Droplet Countercurrent Chromatography |