| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPIF | Metal Powder Industries Federation |
| SWAP | Solid Waste Assistance Program |
| SC-SI | Semiclassical State Interaction (method For Solving Schroedinger Equation) |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| NRM | Nuclear Reference Material |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| PDF | Probability-distribution Function |
| EIMP | Energy Independent Model Pseudopotential |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |