| CE | cyanate ester |
| CM | Carter and Marsh, the authors of Ref. [36] |
| CP | carbon phenolic |
| EOS | equation(s) of state (singular or plural) |
| FSI | front surface impact |
| HE | high explosives |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| PDV | photon Doppler velocimetry |
| PE | polyethylene |
| PTFE | polytetrafluroethylene |
| VISAR | velocity interferometer system for any reflector |