| Acronym | Meaning |
| THCP | Total Hazard Control Plan |
| LTMED | Low Temperature Multi-effect Distillation |
| NCEP | National Cholesterol Education Program |
| FPEIS | Fine Particulate Emissions Information System |
| RISA | Radioimmunosorbent Assay |
| ECSTM | Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| EXEFS | Extended X-ray Emission Fine Structure |
| OSIRIS | Optical Spectrograph And IR Imaging System |
| TBMD | Tight-binding Molecular Dynamics |
| PFPD | Pulsed-flame Photometer Detector |