| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIC | Hydrogen-induced Cracking |
| FIM | Field-Ion Microscopy |
| DBDPO | Decabromodiphenyl Oxide |
| SRM | Standard Reference Material |
| IUCN | International Union For Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources |
| FRC | Frozen Core Approxn. |
| OCOS | Orbital Charge-ordering State |
| VCM | Variational Cellular Method (for Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| HFE | Hot-feed Extrusion |
| LMSA | Linear Multivariate Statistical Analysis |