| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASE | Activated Sludge Effluent |
| PANNA | Pesticide Action Network North America |
| EMER | Electromagnetic Molecular Electronic Resonance |
| BDT | Best Demonstrated Technology |
| CL | Cathode Luminescence |
| VTZ | Valence Triple Zeta (basis Set) |
| EK | Extended Koopmans (method In Ionization Potential Calcns.) |
| MCIC | Metals And Ceramics Information Center |
| EMIRS | Electrochemically Modulated Infrared Spectroscopy |
| PDA | Photodiode Array |