| Acronym | Meaning |
| BCF | Bioconcentration Factor |
| WPI | Waste Policy Institute |
| FECO | Fringes Of Equal Chromatic Order |
| DWCDS | Drinking Water Criteria Documents |
| OPTS | Office Of Pesticides And Toxic Substances (USEPA) |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear Multiple-bond Correlation |
| TSA | Temperature Swing Adsorption |
| FTVS | Fourier Transform Visible Spectroscopy |
| CCC | Convergent Close Coupling |
| COBRAS | Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite |