| IPC | Interpolymer Complex |
| PAA | Polyacrylamide |
| PGMH (Metacid) | Polyhexamethylene Guanidine Hydrochloride |
| IES | Isoelectric State |
| DLVO | Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (theory) |
| XRD | X-Ray Diffraction |
| XRF | X-Ray Fluorescence |
| FTIR | Fourier-Transform Infrared (Spectroscopy) |
| CCS | Critical Concentration of Structure Formation |
| LOI | Loss on Ignition |
| Powder Diffraction File | |
| UV | Ultraviolet |