| 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) |