| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSCT | US EPA Consortium For Site Characterization Technology |
| HWM | Hazardous Waste Management |
| CSP | Chiral Stationary Phase |
| RQ | Respiratory Quotient |
| GSD | Geometric Std. Deviation |
| RPECVD | Remote Plasma-enhanced Chemical-vapor Deposition |
| AIMDSA | Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulated Annealing |
| MAS | Magic Angle Spinning (solid State NMR) |
| ACSTM | Alternating Current Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| ODP | Ocean Drilling Program |