| Acronym | Meaning |
| HWS | Hazardous Waste Site |
| GEMMA | Gas-phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis |
| SFRS | Spin-flip Raman Scattering |
| HDEHP | Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric Acid |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| SASU | Source Apportionment |
| ETL | Electron Transport Layer |
| WDXRF | Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence |
| IPNSO | Independent-pair Natural Spin Orbital |
| BEM | Boundary Element Method |