| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATIR | Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared |
| RITZ | Regulatory And Investigative Treatment Zone |
| IPVD | Ionized Physical Vapor Deposition |
| XFH | X-ray Fluorescence Holography |
| DWS | Drinking Water Standard |
| MEG4 | Multiexponentially Generated 4 (wave Functions) |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| TTI | Time-temperature Integrator |
| HAZMAT | Hazardous Materials |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive Spectrometry |