| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASHAA | Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act |
| TTHM | Total Trihalomethane |
| PACIMS | Passive Chem. Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| PET | Photoinduced Electron Transfer |
| NCPTT | National Center For Preservation Technology And Training |
| INDO/CS | INDO/conformation Spectra |
| SA-LCAO | Symmetry-adapted Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals |
| HRMS | High Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| EDX | Energy Dispersive X-ray |