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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 TiO
2
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