| Acronym | Meaning |
| HC | Hazardous Constituent |
| SSUSI | Special Sensor UV Spectrographic Imager |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| ITMS | Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer |
| CAPCOA | California Air Pollution Control Officers Association |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| DID | Dipole-induced-dipole (in Mol. Polarizabilities Calcn.) |
| MCGR | Monte-Carlo Renormalization Group |
| RRDE | Rotating Ring Disk Electrode |