| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCE | Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene Or Perk) |
| MINTEQA2 | Metal Speciation Equilibrium For Surface And Ground Water |
| SSD | Solid State Detector |
| ESA | Electrokinetic Sonic Amplitude |
| SLS | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate |
| CNAEL | Committee On National Accreditation Of Environmental Laboratories (US EPA) |
| NSCEP | National Service Center For Environmental Publications |
| ESIC | Electrostatic Interaction Chromatography |
| EBO | Equivalent Bond Orbital |
| CIDR | Center For Inherited Diseases Research |