| Acronym | Meaning |
| RCP | Rapid Crack Propagation |
| TPW | Transformed Plane Wave Method |
| HIC | Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography |
| DIS | Deep Inelastic Scattering |
| HMW | High Molecular Weight |
| ALCA | American Leather Chemists' Association |
| ESMO | Excited-state Molecular Orbital |
| SVOC | Semivolatile Organic Compounds |
| CTD | Charge Transfer Device (optical Spectroscopic Detector) |
| SPS | Sucrose-phosphate Synthase |