| Acronym | Meaning |
| WQI | Water Quality Index |
| RIA | Relative Ion Abundance |
| OWG | Optical Waveguide |
| VEO | Valence Electron Only |
| EBOM | Effective Bond-orbital Method |
| PID | Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| ICTS | Isothermal Capacitance Transient Spectroscopy |
| NPC | Nuclear Pore Complex |
| HPSEC | High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| FICVS | Flow-injection Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry |