| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAAFS | Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| HWS | Hazardous Waste Site |
| QTST | Quantum Transition State Theory |
| GPUCHF | Geometric Perturbed Uncoupled Hartree-Fock Method |
| SDIM | Scaled Diatomics-in-molecules |
| HPCA | Hierarchical Principal Component Analysis |
| APC | Antigen Presenting Cell |
| F4 | Fourth-order Feenberg (quantum Theory) |
| CNLS | Complex Nonlinear Least Squares (data Fitting Method) |
| PELAN | Pulsed Elemental Analysis With Neutrons |