| Acronym | Meaning |
| RTPM | Radical Triplet Pair Mechanism |
| EASC | Extended Anaerobic Sludge Contact |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |
| ESIMS | Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| BBFM | Bond-bending Force Model (for Phonon Calcns.) |
| PHH | Planar Halogenated Hydrocarbon |
| ICAC | Institute Of Clean Air Companies |
| CCA | Crystalline Colloidal Array |
| GDOS | Glow Discharge Optical Spectroscopy |