| Acronym | Meaning |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| NEROS | Northeast Regional Oxidant Study |
| LSM | Laser Scanning Microscopy |
| OHCE | One-and-a-half-centered Expansion (method For Calcns. On Charge Transfer In Ion-atom Scattering) |
| CRU | Constitutional Repeating Unit |
| FNAA | Fast Neutron Activation Analysis |
| HEEPS | Health And Environmental Effects Profiles |
| PIN | Pesticide Information Network |
| FLAIR | Fluid Attenuated Infrared Sequence |
| SSRTF | Solid Surface Room Temperature Fluorescence |