| Acronym | Meaning |
| SQC | Sediment Quality Criteria |
| QDPT | Quasi-degenerate Perturbation Theory |
| EMP | Electron Micro-probe |
| HAL | Health Advisory Level |
| HEAS | Health Effects Assessments |
| SCPW | Symmetrized Combination Of Plane Waves |
| PBFFF | Potential Barrier Field-flow Fractionation |
| COLD | Computer Output To Laser Disk |
| RSFQ | Rapid Single Flux Quantum |
| SCA | Semiclassical Coulomb Approximation |