| Acronym | Meaning |
| CS | Compton Scattering |
| SAFIR | Smoke Gas Anal. By Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy |
| UTS | Ultimate Tensile Strength |
| UFC | Uniform Fire Code |
| CE/ESIMS | Capillary Electrophoresis/electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| ITT | Impact Transition Temperature |
| CARCA | Computer-assisted Rocking Curve Analysis |
| DWSBA | Distorted Wave Second Born Approxn. |
| PAF | Platelet Activating Factor |
| MD/MC-CEM | Molecular Dynamics/Monte Carlo-corrected Effective Medium |