| Acronym | Meaning |
| WHWT | Water And Hazardous Waste Team |
| TGRS | Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer |
| SOCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| ACBM | Advanced Cement-Based Materials |
| TVOC | Total Volatile Organic Compounds |
| LPGD | Low-pressure Gas Discharge |
| AVS | Acid Volatile Sulfide |
| ELSD | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector |
| HSCCC | High-speed Counter-current Chromatography |
| MDD | Maximum Daily Dose |