| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAM | Performance Assessment Methodology |
| DIM | Dissolved Inorganic Matter |
| ERLN | Environmental Research Laboratory Narragansett |
| GVDW | Generalized Van Der Waals (a Free-energy D.-functional Theory) |
| ACC | Aquifer Contamination Control |
| BMAS | Barium Magnesium Aluminosilicate |
| WDI | World Drug Index |
| VASP | Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package |
| DOT | Department Of Transportation |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |