| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASC | Ascorbic Acidpar |
| NOW | Nonhazardous Oil Field Waste |
| APFU | Atoms Per Formula Unit |
| CIITA | Class II Transactivator |
| CSA | Chemical-shift Anisotropy |
| SCLM | Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy |
| RINDO | Rydberg Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| BPB | Bromophenol Blue |
| SWAP | Surface Water Acidification Project |
| HY-CIVB | Hylleraas-configuration Interaction Valence Bond |