| Acronym | Meaning |
| THM | Traveling Heater Method |
| DCAD | Dietary Cation-anion Difference |
| G.P. | Guinier-Preston Zone |
| SKVP | S-matrix (version Of) Kohn Variational Principle |
| ICSU | International Council Of Scientific Unions |
| XRFA | X-ray Fluorescence Analysis |
| DOD | Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum |
| SPEELS | Spin-polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| SE | Symmetric Eikonal (approxn. In Calcns. On Ion Scattering) |
| MUCT | Multiphase Unsaturated Zone Contaminant Transport Model |