Abréviations standards des matériaux caoutchouteux
Basées sur les recommandations de l’ISO R1629 et de l’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 |
