| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIMOX | Separation By Implanted Oxygen |
| MECA | Multiple Excitation Collisional Activation |
| WMMA | Waste Materials Management Act |
| DMC | Dough Molding Compound |
| FP-LMTO | Full-potential Linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| CBOX | Coulomb-Born With No Exchange |
| OPEC | Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| DPA | Differential Pulse Amperometry |
| AWI | Air Water Interface |
| OMPW | Orthogonalized Modulated Plane Wave (wave Function) |