| Acronym | Meaning |
| TNBS | Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid |
| DOSY | Diffusion-ordered Spectroscopy (NMR) |
| NCSRP | National Contaminated Sites Remediation Program |
| EDRS | Enforcement Document Retrieval System |
| PYMS | Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry |
| TLA | Thin Layer Activation |
| VACSY | Variable-angle Correlation Spectroscopy |
| TXRF | Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence |
| PIGE | Proton Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| WINDEP | Worksheet-Integrated Deposition Estn. Program |