| Acronym | Meaning |
| VO | Virtual Orbital |
| IBR | In-plane Birefringence |
| SIMS | Surface Impoundment Modeling System |
| HDPE | High-density Polyethylene |
| TMA | Thermomechanical Analysis |
| PEHX | Cross-linked |
| TOSS | Total Suppression Of Sidebands |
| GHO | Generalized Hybrid Orbital (ao) |
| MST | Microbial Source Tracking |
| SOR | Surface Overflow Rate |