| Acronym | Meaning |
| AQCDS | Air Quality Criteria Documents |
| ILSI | International Life Sciences Institute |
| BOSS | Brigham Young University Organic Sampling System |
| SCBA | Self-consistent Born Approximation |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| SLPM | Standard Liters Per Minute |
| RQCAR | Reportable Quantities For Carcinogens In Hazardous Waste |
| SPP | Suspended Particulate Phase |
| MWNT | Multiwall Nanotube |