| Acronym | Meaning |
| RDC | Rotating Disk Contactor |
| TER | Total External Reflection |
| TLP | Transient Liquid Phase |
| CAA | Computer Aided Analysis |
| RPWBA | Relativistic Plane-wave Born Approximation |
| SLS | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate |
| SUMP | Spin-constrained Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset |
| CDHS | California Department Of Health Services |
| DPD | Diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (test For Chlorine In Water) [93-05-0] |
| NSLS | National Synchrotron Light Source |