| Acronym | Meaning |
| PVDC | Poly(vinylidene Dichloride) |
| CURE | Clean Use Of Reactor Energy |
| RONALD | Rocketborne Optical Neutral Gas Analyzer With Laser Diodes |
| CS | Crystal Structure |
| QCT-IEQMT | Quasiclassical Trajectory-internal Energy Quantum Mechanical Threshold |
| GVDW | Generalized Van Der Waals (a Free-energy D.-functional Theory) |
| EDWA | Exponential Distorted-wave Approxn. (atom-ion Electron-exchange Calcns.) |
| SFC | Supercritical Fluid Chromatography |
| PO | Polarization Orbital |
| PPO | Poly (phenylene Oxide) |