| Acronym | Meaning |
| DBR | Distributed Bragg Reflector |
| FKBP | FK506 Binding Protein |
| ETAAS | Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| CRC | Combined Residual Chlorine |
| ZINDO | Zerner's Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| NEPHGE | Non-equilibrium PH Gradient Electrophoresis |
| TERRACE | Terrestrial Runoff Modeling For Risk Assessment Of Chem. Exposure |
| BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, And Xylene |
| PAES | Positron-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| CFGE | Crossed-field Gel Electrophoresis |