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LDPE Low-density polyethylene
LLDPE Linear low-density polyethylene
LPE Linear polyethylene
MABS Methyl methacrylate ABS copolymer
MBS Methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene terpolymer
MDPE Medium-density polyethylene
MDI Methylene diphenylisocyanate
MF Melamine-formaldehyde resin
MP Melamine phenolic
MWD Molecular weight distribution
M n Number-average molecular weight
M v Viscosity-average molecular weight
M Weight-average molecular weight
w
Z-average molecular weight
M z
NBR Poly(butadiene-co-acrylonitrile); nitrile butadiene rubber
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
NR Natural rubber
OI Oxygen index
P Phenolic
PA Polyamide; nylon
PAA Poly(acrylic acid)
PAEK Polyaryletherketone
PAK Polyester alkyd
PAI Polyamide-imide
PAL Polyanaline
PAN Polyacrylonitrile
PARA Polyaryl amide
PAS Polyarylsulfone
PB Polybutylene
PBAN Polybutylene–acrylonitrile copolymer
PBI Polybenzimidazole
PBS Polybutadiene-styrene copolymer
PBT Poly(butylene terephthalate)
PC Polycarbonate
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCL Polycaprolactone
PCT Poly(cyclohexylene terephthalate)
PCTFE Polymonochlorotrifl uoroethylene
PE Polyethylene
PEEK Poly(ether ether ketone)
PEG Poly(ethylene glycol)
PEI Polyetherimide
PEK Polyetherketone
PEO Poly(ethylene oxide)
PES Polyethersulfone

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