| Acronym | Meaning |
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure |
| MQL | Method Quantitation Limit |
| SSRL | Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory |
| QSERR | Quantitative Structure-enantioselective Retention Relationships |
| CCMC | Coupled-cluster Method With Multiconfiguration Reference State |
| TCC | Thermal Contact Cracking |
| NORS | National Organics Reconnaissance Survey (US EPA 1974-1975) |
| OPTS | Office Of Pesticides And Toxic Substances (USEPA) |
| GRAPE | Gamma Ray Attenuation Porosity Evaluator |
| IGA | Inert-gas Atomization |