| Acronym | Meaning |
| HSS | High-speed Steel |
| DWC | Deasphalted Whole Crude |
| SAFT | Spark Analysis For Traces |
| VMD | Vacuum Membrane Distillation |
| CDCGE | Continuous Denaturing Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |
| SCSA | Small-curvature Semiclassical Adiabatic (approxn. For Mol. Energy Levels) |
| ROM | Reverse Osmosis Membrane |
| NEIS | National Environmental Information Service |
| MEEKC | Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography |
| SMP | Soluble Microbial Products |