| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIRAS | Polarized Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy |
| QSBR | Quant. Structure-biodegrdn. Relationships |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| CPOM | Coarse Particulate Organic Matter |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| BEJ | Best Engineering Judgement |
| SINDO | Scaled Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| BOM | Biodegradable Organic Matter |
| MBE | Many-body Expansion (in Mol. Potential Energy Surface Calcn.) |
| POLARIS | Photochem. Of Ozone Loss In The Arctic Region In Summer |