| Acronym | Meaning |
| DERA | Defense Environmental Restoration Act |
| CRP | C-reactive Protein |
| SAR | Structure-Activity Relationship |
| PEFC | Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell |
| USDI | US Department Of Interior |
| PAPVD | Plasma-assisted Physical Vapor Deposition |
| DWT | Discrete Wavelet Transform |
| NBS | Nuclear Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived Growth Factor |
| ABR | Acrylate-butadiene Rubber |