| Acronym | Meaning |
| FSCE | Free-solution Capillary Electrophoresis |
| IAES | Ion Excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| CBMAPDT | Committee On Biologic Markers Of Air-Pollution Damage In Trees |
| NDCT | Natural Draft Cooling Tower |
| CARD | Caspase Recruitment Domain |
| GASPE | Gated Spin-echo |
| PSI | Pollution Standard Index |
| ASTDR | Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry |
| HOE | Holographic Optical Element |
| VX | O-ethyl-S-2-diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonothiolate |