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SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers

SAN - Styrene-acrylonitrile

SB - Styrene-butadiene

SBR - Styrene-butadiene rubber

SEBS - Styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene

SF - Structural foam

SI - Silicone

SIC - Silicone carbide

SIG - Special interest group

SMA - Styrene maleic anhydride

SMC - Sheet molding compound

SMS - Styrene/a-methylstyrene

SP - Saturated polyesters

SPC - Statistical process control

SPE - Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc.

SPI - Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

SPPF - Solid phase pressure forming

SRIM - Structural reaction injection molding

SRP - Styrene rubber plastics

SS - Single stage

TAC - Triallyl cyanurate

TAHT - 1,3,5-Triacryloyl hexahydrotriazine

TCEF - Trichloroethyl phosphate

TCP4 - Tricresyl phosphate

TDI - Toluene diisocyanate

TEEE - Thermoplastic elastomer, ether-ether

TEO - Thermoplastic elastomer, olefinic

TES - Thermoplastic elastomer, styrenic

TFA - Fluoro-alkoxy-terpolymer

TFB - Perfluoro vinyldiene chloride terpolymer

TFE - Polytetra fluoroethylene

THF - Tetrahydrofuran

TIO2 - Titanium dioxide TiO2

TMA - Trimellitic anhydride

TMC - Thick molding compound

TMDI - Trimethyl hexamethylene diisocyanate

TOF - Trioctyl phosphate

TPA - Terephthalic acid

TPE - Thermoplastic elastomer

TPO - Thermoplastic polyolefin

TPPE - Thermoplastic polyester

TPU - Thermoplastic polyurethane

TPV - Thermoplastic vulcanizate

TPX1 - 4-methylpentene-1 copolymer

TSSC - P-toluenesulfonyl semicarbazide

UF - Urea-formaldehyde

UHM - Ultra-high-modulus

UHMW - Ultra-high-molecular weight

UHMWPE - Ultra high molecular weight Polyethylene

UL - Underwriters Laboratories

ULDPE - Ultra low density polyethylene

UP - Unsaturated polyesters

USASI - U.S.A. Standards Institute (successor to ASA)

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

UV - Ultraviolet

VAC - Vinyl acetate

VAE - Vinyl acetate-ethylene

VC - Vinyl chloride

VCE - Vinal chloride ethylene

VCEMA - Vinyl chloride ethylene methyl

VCEVA - Vinyl chloride ethylene vinyl acetate

VCMA - Vinyl chloride methyl acrylate

VCOA - Vinyl chloride octylacrylate

VCVAC - Vinyl chloride vinyl acetate

VCVDL - Vinyl chloride vinylidene chloride

VDC - Vinylidene chloride

VF - Vulcanized fiber

VOC - Volatile organic compounds

WR - Woven roving