| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equation |
| VCE | Vapor Cloud Explosion |
| CDFT | Chemical-density-functional Theory |
| EELS | Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| APSGF | Antisymmetrical Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Group Functions (a Wave Function) |
| MBT | Minimum [spark Advance For] Best Torque |
| HSGC | Headspace Gas Chromatography |
| PBA | Poly(butyl Acrylate) |
| RHFS | Restricted Hartree-Fock-Slater |
| JEIP | Joint Emission Inventory Program |