| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPI | Hydrocarbon Processing Industry |
| MWM | Morris Water Maze |
| SCDM | Self-consistent Diagrammatic Method (in Calcn. On Electronic Excitation Transfer) |
| CSN-ICP | Conductive Solids Nebulizer-inductively Coupled Plasma |
| SMDE | Static Mercury Drop Electrode |
| EIF | Electron Impact Fluorescence |
| ASB | Ambient Stds. Branch [of The US EPA] |
| HMDI | Hexamethylene Diisocyanate |
| ASTRA | Alliance For Science And Technology Research In America |
| CSPA | Cold Shock Protein A |