| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCRI | Steel Can Recycling Institute |
| TOM | Total Organic Matter |
| VE-PPP | Variable Electronegativity PPP |
| SCASA | Semiclassical Approxn. Separated Atom |
| IEL | Independent Electron (model In Ion-impact Ionization Calcns.) |
| GEMS | Global Environmental Monitoring Systems |
| CPP | Chemical Production Processes |
| CEMAS | Complete Element Matrix Analysis From Scattering |
| FEA | Finite-element Analysis |
| TZP | Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal |