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
Contact
Phone: 800-378-4483 Fax: 215-637-2225
Northeast Plastics
633 Dunksferry Rd.
Unit B, Bensalem, PA 19020