| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPA | Coherent Potential Approximation |
| AMDI | Atom Monopole-dipole Interaction |
| PAM | Performance Assessment Methodology |
| UKAWRG | United Kingdom Acid Waters Review Group |
| AA | Aluminum Association |
| HOLZ | Higher Order Laue Zone |
| MB-SAPT | Many-body Symmetry-adapted Perturbation Theory |
| WRITE | Waste Reduction Innovative Technology Evaluation (US EPA) |
| EICVOM | Equivalent Ionic Core Virtual Orbital Model |
| TVD | Total Variation Diminishing |