The following is a partial list of
Abbreviations for Chemical, Marketing, Scientific, and Technical terms that
are frequently used. Due to changing standards of chemical nomenclature,
certain products listed here may be seen in other formats with some
variation in name.
| QMC |
QUICK MOLD CHANGE |
| RFI |
RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE |
| RHDPE |
RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE |
| RIM |
REACTION INJECTION MOLDING |
| RPET |
RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE |
| RTD |
RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR |
| RTM |
RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING |
| RTV |
ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING |
| SI |
SILICONE PLASTIC |
| SAN |
STYRENE ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER |
| SB |
STYRENE BUTADIENE COPOLYMER |
| SBC |
STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER |
| SBR |
STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER |
| SMA |
STYRENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE |
| SMC |
SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND |
| SMC-C |
SMC-CONTINUOUS FIBERS |
| SMC-D |
SMC-DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTED |
| SMC-R |
SMC-RANDOMLY ORIENTED |
| SPC |
STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL |
| SQC |
STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL |
| SRIM |
STRUCTURAL REACTION INJECTION MOLDING |
| TA |
TEREPHTHALIC ACID |
| TDI |
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE |
| TEO |
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC OLEFIN |
| TGA |
THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS |
| TLCP |
THERMOPLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER |
| TMA |
THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS |
| TMC |
THICK MOLDING COMPOUND |
| T/N |
TEREPHTHALATE/ NAPHTHALATE |
| TPA |
TEREPHTHALIC ACID |
| TP |
THERMOPLASTIC |
| TPE |
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER |
| TPO |
THERMOPLASTIC OLEFINS |
| TPU |
THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE |
| TPV |
THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE |
| TS |
THERMOSET |
| TWA |
TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE |
| UF |
UREA FORMALDEHYDE |
| UHMW |
ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT |
| ULDPE |
ULTRALOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE |
| UP |
UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN |
| UR |
URETHANE |
| UV |
ULTRAVIOLET |
| VA(C) |
VINYL ACETATE |
| VC |
VINYL CHLORIDE |
| VDC |
VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE |
| VLDPE |
VERY LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE |
| VOC |
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
| ZNC |
ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST |
