| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPC | Chemical Protective Clothing |
| EVLSM | Evanescent Wave Light-scattering Microscopy |
| PBX | Plastic Bonded Explosive |
| ASI | Advanced Study Institute (NATO) |
| EID | Electron Impact Desorption |
| MIAM | Modified Independent-atom Model (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| ASGDI | Atmospheric Sampling Glow Discharge Ionization |
| MC-INDO | Mol. Cluster-intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| TPDE | Temp.-programmed Decompn. |
| WTRXLPE | Water-tree Retardant Crosslinked Polyethylene [elec. Insulation] |