| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALICE | Acid-labile Isotope-coded Extractants |
| MCTDH | Multiconfigurational Time-dependent Hartree (theory) |
| MGD | Million Gallons Per Day |
| AWBERC | Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (US EPA) |
| ORGDL | Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Lab. |
| DBE | Distorted-wave Born Exchange |
| AEGL | Acute Exposure Guideline Level |
| GUVI | Global Ultraviolet Imager |
| GCLSDA | Gradient-corrected Local Spin Density Approximation |
| MCE | Mixed Cellulose Ester |