| Acronym | Meaning |
| FESTEM | Field-emission Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| TFW | Thomas-Fermi-Weizsaecker (electron-d. Theory) |
| CST | Capillary Suction Time (sludge Dewatering Parameter) |
| TNBS | Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid |
| INID | Internationally Agreed Numbers For The Identification Of Data |
| OMS | Octahedral Molecular Sieve |
| PANNA | Pesticide Action Network North America |
| HAZWOPER | Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response Regulations |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| GBT | Generalized Brillouin Theorem |