| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATSDR | Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry |
| PSMBE | Plasma Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| AS | Absorption Spectroscopy |
| PCBN | Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride |
| TNBS | Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid |
| VWN | Vosko-Wilk-Nusair (model Potential In Quantum Calcns.) |
| BFS | Blast Furnace Slag |
| BMP | Biochemical Methane Potential |
| PSD | Postsynaptic Density |
| PBSS | Porous Bed Biomass Support System |