| Acronym | Meaning |
| VHMS | Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulfide |
| DQC | Decagonal Quasicrystal |
| ETS | Extended Transition State (method For Bond Dissocn. Energies) |
| CCSD-ED | Coupled-cluster Method With Single And Double Excitations-energy Derivative |
| SDOSS | Sodium Dioctylsulfosuccinate |
| SCOT | Support Coated Open Tubular |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| RIMS | Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| PPN | Peroxypropionyl Nitrate |
| TEAM | Total Exposure Assessment Methodology |