| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASA | Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate Terpolymer |
| EFFF | Energy Factored Force Field |
| INDO | Intermediate Neglect Of Differential Overlap |
| SCPT2 | Self-consistent Second-order Perturbation Theory |
| MANCOVA | Multivariate Analysis Of Covariance |
| DCA | Detrended Correspondence Ordination Analysis |
| ARDEC | Armament Research |
| LAMP | Laser Ablation Microprobe |
| RACS | Raw Agricultural Commodities |
| EVLSM | Evanescent Wave Light-scattering Microscopy |