| Acronym | Meaning |
 | BEST | Basic Extractive Sludge Treatment |
 | MTES | Metastable Transfer Emission Spectroscopy |
 | PDB | Potato Dextrose Broth |
 | TTLC | Total Threshold Limit Concentration |
 | MCP | Microchannel Plate |
 | PITT | Partitioning Interwell Tracer Test |
 | MCM | Mesoporous Crystalline Material |
 | DLA | Diffusion-Limited Aggregation |
 | WBC | White Blood Cell |
 | REP | Radiological Emergency Planning |