| Acronym | Meaning |
| LECD | Lifetime Equivalent Constant Dose |
| BAF | Biological Aerated Filter |
| ECE | Electrical Conductivity Of Saturation Extract (soils) |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| CIGARS | Calibrated Infrared Ground/air Radiometric Spectrometer |
| EMP | Electron Micro-probe |
| SACM | Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model |
| BEAUTY | BLAST Enhanced Alignment Utility |
| CCA | Channel Coupling Array (quantum Theory For Atoms And Mols.) |