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.
| AAGR |
AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE |
| AS |
ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY |
| ABA |
ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-ACRYLATE |
| ABS |
ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER |
| ACM |
ACRYLIC ACID ESTER RUBBER |
| ACS |
ACRYLONITRILE-CHLORINATED PE-STYRENE |
| AES |
ACRYLONITRILE-ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-STYRENE |
| AMMA |
ACRYLONITRILE-METHYL METHACRYLATE |
| AN |
ACRYLONITRILE |
| AO |
ANTIOXIDANT |
| APET |
AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE |
| APP |
ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE |
| ASA |
ACRYLIC-STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE |
| ASTM |
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS |
| ATH |
ALUMINIUM TRIHYDRATE |
| AZ(O) |
AZODICARBONAMIDE |
| BATF |
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS |
| BM |
BLOW MOLDING |
| BMC |
BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS |
| BMI |
BISMALEIMIDE |
| BO |
BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED (FILM) |
| BOPP |
BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE |
| BR |
BUTADIENE RUBBER |
| BS |
BUTADIENE STYRENE RUBBER |
| CA |
CELLULOSE ACETATE |
| CAB |
CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE |
| CAD |
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN |
| CAE |
COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING |
| CAM |
COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING |
| CAP |
CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE |
| CAP |
CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING |
| CBA |
CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT |
| CF |
CRESOL FORMALDEHYDE |
| CFA |
CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT |
| CFC |
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS |
| CFR |
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS |
| CHDM |
CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL |
| CIM |
COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING |
| CN |
CELLULOSE NITRATE |
| COP |
COPOLYESTER |
| COPA |
COPOLYAMIDE |
| COPE |
COPOLYESTER |
| CP |
CELLULOSE PROPIONATE |
| CPE |
CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE |
| CPET |
CRYSTALLINE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE |
| CPP |
CAST POLYPROPYLENE |
| CPVC |
CHLORINATED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE |
| CR |
CHLOROPRENE RUBBER |
| CS |
CASEIN |
| CSD |
CARBONATED SOFT DRINK |
| CTA |
CELLULOSE TRIACETATE |
| CVD |
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION |
| DABCO |
DIAZOBICYCLOOCTANE |
| DAM |
DAYS AFTER MANUFACTURE |
| DAM |
DIALLYL MALEATE |
| DAP |
DIALLYL PHTHALATE |
| DCPD |
DICYCLOPENTADIENE |
| DE |
DIOTAMACEOUS EARTH |
| DEA |
DIELECTRIC ANALYSIS |
| DETDA |
DIETHYLTOLUENEDIAMINE |
| DMA |
DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS |
| DSC |
DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING ANALYSIS |
| DMT |
DIMETHYL ESTER OF TEREPHTHALATE |
| DWV |
DRAIN, WASTE, VENT (PIPE GRADE) |
