Based on ISO recommendation R1629 and ASTM D 1418
ABR | Acrylate-butadiene rubber |
ACM | Copolymer of ethyl or other acrylates and a small amount of a monomer which facilitates vulcanization |
AECO | Terpolymer of allyl glycidyl ether, ethylene oxide and epichlorhydrin |
AEM | Copolymer of ethyl or other acrylate and ethylene |
AFMU | Terpolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, trifluoronitromsomethane and nitrosoperfluorobutyric |
ANM | Copolymer of ethyl or other acrylate and acrylonitrile |
AU | Polyester urethane |
BIIR | Bromo-isobutene-isoprene rubber (brominated buytl rubber) |
BR | Butadiene rubber |
CFM | Polychlorotrifluoroethylene |
CIIR | Chloro-isobutene-isoprene rubber (chlorinated rubber) |
CM | Chlorinated polyethylene |
CO | Epichlorhydrin rubber |
CR | Chloroprene rubber |
CSM | Chlorosulphonated polyethylene |
ECO | Ethylene oxide and epichlorhydrin copolymer |
EAM | Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer |
EPDM | Terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and a dienne with the residual unsaturated portion of the diene in the side chain |
EPM | Ethylene-propylene copolymer |
EU | Polyether urethane |
FFKM | Perfluoro rubber of the polymethylene type having all substituent groups on the polymer chain either fluoro, perfluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkoxy groups |
FKM | Fluororubber of the polymethylene type having substituent fluoro and perfluoroalkoxy groups on the main chain |
FVMQ | Silicone rubber having fluorine, vinyl and methyl substituent groups on the polymer chain |
GPO | Polypropylene oxide rubber |
IIR | Isobutene-isoprene rubber (butyl rubber) |
IM | Polyisobutene |
IR | Isoprene rubber (synthetic) |
MQ | Silicone rubber having only methyl substituent groups on the polymer chain |
NBR | Nitrile-butadiene rubber (nitrile rubber) |
NIR | Nitrile-isoprene rubber |
NR | Natural rubber |
PBR | Pyridine-butadiene rubber |
PMQ | Silicone rubber having both methyl and phenyl groups on the polymer chain |
PSBR | Pyridine-styrene-butadiene rubber |
PVMQ | Silicone rubber having methyl, phenyl and vinyl substituent groups on the polymer chain |
Q | Rubber having silicone in the polymer chain |
SBR | Styrene-butadiene rubber |
T | Rubbers having sulphur in the polymer chain (excluding copolymers based on CR) |
VMQ | Silicone rubber having both methyl and vinyl substituent groups in the polymer chain |
XNBR | Carboxylic-nitrile butadiene rubber (carboxynitrile rubber) |
XSBR | Carboxylic-styrene butadiene rubber |
Y | Prefix indicating thermoplastic rubber |
YBPO | Thermoplastic block polyether-polyester rubbers |
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