Polymer Technology Dictionary

Greek.- Numeric.- Tables.- 1a. Standard (based on ISO and ASTM) abbreviations of plastics.- 1b. Standard (based on ISO and ASTM) abbreviations of rubbers.- 2a. Letters used to modify abbreviations for plastics (ISO and ASTM).- 2b. Commonly-used letters used to modify abbreviations for plastics (i.e. in addition to Table 2a).- 2c. Symbols used for fillers and/or reinforcing materials.- 3. Some commonly-used abbreviations and trade names of plastics and thermoplastic elastomers.- 4. Some abbreviations and names of plastics and elastomers.- 5a. Some trade names/trade marks, abbreviations and suppliers of polymers and polymer compounds, sorted by alphabetical order of trade name.- 5b. Some trade names/trade marks, abbreviations and suppliers of polymers and polymer compounds, sorted by alphabetical order of abbreviation.- 6. Drying conditions for injection moulding materials.- 7. Heat contents of some moulding materials.- 8. Shrinkage values.- 9. Relative densities of some compounding ingredients and other materials.- 10. Plastics identification chart.- 11. Suggested temperatures and loads for MFR tests.- 12. Moisture content limit for good injection mouldings.- 13. Suggested temperature settings for high shear rate rheometry.- 14. Moldflow data for PA 6.- 15. Carbon black classification.- Appendices.- A. SI units - advice on use.- B. SI prefixes.- C. Unit conversion.- D. Temperature conversion.- E. Relative atomic masses (atomic weights).- F. The Greek alphabet.