| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIM | Powder Injection Molding |
| SWVP | Scattered Wave Variational Principle |
| DMA | Direct Multicomponent Analysis |
| SCCO2 | Supercritical Carbon Dioxide |
| CDWF | Correlated-determinant Wave Function |
| R-CNDO/1X | Relativistic Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap (method) |
| DHF | Derivative Hartree-Fock (quantum Theory In Calcns. On Mols.) |
| ODPA | 4,4'-oxydiphthalic Anhydride |
| NMDR | Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance |
| CDW | Coulomb Distorted Wave (for Scattering Calcns.) |