| Acronym | Meaning |
| TSCAP | Thermally Stimulated Capacitance |
| OAO | Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| CBIRF | US Marine Corps' Chem/Bio Incident Response Force |
| HQE | Hemiquantal Equations |
| FPEIS | Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement |
| CLSM | Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy |
| INDO/CS | INDO/conformation Spectra |
| AMS | Alpha Methyl Styrene |
| OMZ | Oxygen Min. Zone |