| PP | Polypropylene |
| HDPE | High-density polyethylene |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| ReaxFF MD | Reactive molecular dynamics with the ReaxFF force field |
| RGIBBS | Aspen Plus equilibrium reactor |
| RBATCH | Aspen Plus kinetic batch reactor |
| R-YIELD | Aspen Plus reactor for conversion of non-routine to routine streams |
| HMOR | H-Mordenite zeolite |
| CuCl2-HMOR, CuSO4-HMOR, CuNO3-HMOR | HMOR modified by ion exchange with CuCl2, CuSO4 or CuNO3, respectively |
| PCS | Power-to-weight ratio |
| RON | Research Octane Number |
| MON | Motor Octane Number |
| PR-EOS | Peng–Robinson equation of state |
| NRTL | Non-Random Two-Liquid activity coefficient model |
| CCD | Central Composite Design |
| HOMO | Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital |
| LUMO | Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital |
| EPM | Electrostatic potential map |
| TGA | Thermogravimetric analysis |
| VM | Volatile matter |
| FC | Fixed carbon |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BET | Brunauer–Emmett–Teller |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| C, H, N, O, S | Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur |