| Acronym | Meaning |
| STORMS | Nevada Study And Tests Of The Release Of Mercury From Soils |
| CCR | Council For Chemical Research |
| MEP | Multiple Extraction Procedure |
| CDF | Centered Dark Field |
| PDS | Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| CCR | Close-coupled Representation |
| PZT | Lead Zirconate Titanate |
| BHR | Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness |
| OIC | Optical Interface Coupler |
| COHSEX | Coulomb-hole (plus) Screened-exchange (approxn. In Band-structure Calcns.) |