| Acronym | Meaning |
| PPPA | Poison Prevention Packaging Act |
| EPM | Empirical Pseudopotential Method |
| SMIE | Solid-metal-induced Embrittlement |
| IMS | Incomplete Model Space (in Many-body Calcns.) |
| DMPK | Myotonic Dystrophy Protein Kinase |
| 6FDA | 2,2'-Bis (3,4-Dicarboxyphenyl) Hexafluoropropane Dianhydride |
| OSPARCOM | Oslo And Paris Commission [Environmental Regulations For The European Community] |
| CPT | Cluster Perturbation Theory |
| RBA | Refined Born Approximation (for Atom-mol. Collisions) |
| DTS | Diametral Tensile Strength |