| Acronym | Meaning |
| CERES | Coalition For Economically Responsible Economies |
| OMEGA | Method In Molecular Orbital Calculations |
| RHC | Rubber Hydrocarbon Content |
| OWG | Optical Waveguide |
| EIS | Emissions Inventory System (US EPA Air Database) |
| THM | Traveling Heater Method |
| VWN | Vosko-Wilk-Nusair (model Potential In Quantum Calcns.) |
| PWM | Pokeweed Mitogen |
| STA | Simultaneous Thermal Analysis |
| CISS | Constant-initial-state Spectroscopy |