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Plastic Abbreviations

Abbreviation / Plastic Name

ABA …………… Acrylonitrile-butadiene-acrylate

ABS …………… Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

AES …………… Acrylonitrile-ethylene-styrene

AMMA …………… Acrylonitrile/methylMethacrylate

ARP …………… Aromaticpolyester

ASA …………… Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate

CA …………… Celluloseacetate

CAB …………… Celluloseacetatebutyrate

CAP …………… Celluloseacetatepropionate

CE …………… Celluloseplastics,general

CF …………… Cresol-formaldehyde

CMC …………… Carboxymethylcellulose

CN …………… Cellulosenitrate

CP …………… Cellulosepropionate

CPE …………… Chlorinatedpolyethylene

CPVC …………… Chlorinatedpolyvinylchloride

CS …………… Casein

CTA …………… Cellulosetriacetate

EC …………… Ethylcellulose

EEA …………… Ethylene/ethylacrylate

EMA …………… Ethylene/methacrylicacid

EP …………… Epoxy,epoxide

EPD …………… Ethylene-propylene-diene

EPM …………… Ethylene-propylenepolymer

ETFE …………… Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene

EVA …………… Ethylenevinylacetate

EVAL …………… Ethylene-vinylalcohol

FEP …………… Perfluoroethylene-propylene

FF …………… Furanformaldehyde

HDPE …………… Highdensitypolyethylene

HIPS …………… Highimpactpolystyrene

IPS …………… Impact-resistantpolystyrene

LCP …………… Liquidcrystalpolymer

LDPE …………… Low-densitypolyethylene

LLDPE …………… Linearlow-densitypolyethylene

LMDPE …………… Linearmedium-densitypolyethylene

MBS …………… Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene

MC …………… Methylcellulose

MDPE …………… Medium-densitypolyethylene

MF …………… Melamine-formaldehyderesin

MPF …………… Melamine/phenol-formaldehyde

PA …………… Polyamide

PAA …………… Polyacrylicacid

PADC …………… Polyallyldiglycolcarbonate

PAE …………… Polyarylether

PAEK …………… Polyaryletherketone

PAI …………… Polyamide-imide

PAK …………… Polyesteralkyd

PAN …………… Polyacrylonitrile

PARA …………… Polyarylamide

PASU …………… Polyarylsulfone

PAT …………… Polyarylate

PAUR …………… Poly(esterurethane)

PB …………… Polybutene-1

PBA …………… Poly(butylacrylate)

PBAN …………… Polybutadiene-acrylonitrile

PBS …………… Polybutadiene-styrene

PBT …………… Poly(butyleneterephthalate)

PC …………… Polycarbonate

PCTFE …………… Polychlorotrifluoroethylene

PDAP …………… Poly(diallylphthalate)

PE …………… Polyethylene

PEBA …………… Polyetherblockamide

PEBA …………… Thermoplasticelastomerpolyether

PEEK …………… Polyetheretherketone

PEI …………… Poly(etherimide)

PEK …………… Polyetherketone

PEO …………… Poly(ethyleneoxide)

PES …………… Poly(ethersulfone)

PET …………… Poly(ethyleneterephthalate)

PETG …………… Poly(ethyleneterephthalate)glycol

PEUR …………… Poly(etherurethane)

PF …………… Phenol-formaldehyderesin

PFA …………… Perfluoro(alkoxyalkane)

PFF …………… Phenol-furfuralresin

PI …………… Polyimide

PIB …………… Polyisobutylene

PISU …………… Polyimidesulfone

PMCA …………… Polymethyl-alpha-chloroacrylate

PMMA …………… Polymethylmethacrylate

PMP …………… Poly4-methylpentene-1

PMS …………… Polyalpha-methylstyrene

POM …………… Polyoxymethylene,polyacetal

PP …………… Polypropylene

PPA …………… Polyphthalamide

PPE …………… Poly(phenyleneether)

PPO …………… Poly(phenyleneoxide)deprecated

PPOX …………… Poly(propyleneoxide)

PPS …………… Poly(phenylenesulfide)

PPSU …………… Poly(phenylenesulfone)

PS …………… Polystyrene

PSU …………… Polysulfone

PTFE …………… Polytetrafluoroethylene

PUR …………… Polyurethane

PVAC …………… Poly(vinylacetate)

PVAL …………… Poly(vinylalcohol)

PVB …………… Poly(vinylbutyral)

PVC …………… Poly(vinylchloride)

PVCA …………… Poly(vinylchloride-acetate)

PVDC …………… Poly(vinylidenechloride)

PVDF …………… Poly(vinylidenefluoride)

PVF …………… Poly(vinylfluoride)

PVFM …………… Poly(vinylformal)

PVK …………… Polyvinylcarbazole

PVP …………… Polyvinylpyrrolidone

S/MA …………… Styrene-maleicanhydrideplastic

SAN …………… Styrene-acrylonitrileplastic

SB …………… Styrene-butadieneplastic

Si …………… Siliconeplastics

SMS …………… Styrene/alpha-methylstyreneplastic

SP …………… Saturatedpolyesterplastic

SRP …………… Styrene-rubberplastics

TEEE …………… ThermoplasticElastomer,Ether-Ester

TEO …………… ThermoplasticElastomer,Olefinic

TES …………… ThermoplasticElastomer,Styrenic

TPEL …………… Thermoplasticelastomer

TPES …………… Thermoplasticpolyester

TPUR …………… Thermoplasticpolyurethane

TSUR …………… Thermosetpolyurethane

UF …………… Urea-formaldehyderesin

UHMWPE …………… Ultra-highmolecularweightPE

UP …………… Unsaturatedpolyester

VCE …………… Vinylchloride-ethyleneresin

VCEV …………… Vinylchloride-ethylene-vinyl

VCMA …………… Vinylchloride-methylacrylate

VCMMA …………… Vinylchloride-methylmethacrylate

VCOA …………… Vinylchloride-octylacrylateresin

VCVAC …………… Vinylchloride-vinylacetateresin

VCVDC …………… Vinylchloride-vinyfidenechloride