| Acronym | Meaning |
| UPVC | Unplasticized Poly(vinyl Chloride) |
| MIRA | Multivariate Image Rank Analysis |
| LTTS | Low-Temperature Thermal Separation (for Waste Soil Treatment) |
| CCA | Crystalline Colloidal Array |
| DFPT | Density-functional Perturbation Theory |
| MIG | Metal Inert Gas (welding) |
| CHO | Chinese Hamster Ovary |
| VEEH | Variable Electronegativity Extended Hueckel Method |
| ICOLP | Industry Cooperative For Ozone Layer Protection |
| NARSTO | North American Research Strategy For Tropospheric Ozone |