Plastics Technology Handbook, Fourth Edition

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TradeNamesforSomeIndustrialPolymers

TradeName

AbsonAclar,AclonAcraldonAcrylanAcryliteAcrypanelAdipreneAfcorylA asA on

AkulonAlathonAlgo onAlkatheneAlkoxAllopreneAlpolitAmberliteAmeripol-CBAmidel

Amilan,AmilonAntronAralditeArdelArniteArniteEArnitePBTPArnitelArotoneArylefArylonAstrelAvimid

CompanyB.F.GoodrichAlliedBayerMonsanto

Cyanamid/RohmMitsubishiDuPont

Pechiney–Saint-GobainAsahiGlassAshaiGlass

AkzoDuPontMontedisonICI

MeiseiChemicalWorksICIHoechst

Rohm&HaasB.F.GoodrichUnionCarbideTorayDuPontCiba–GeigyUnionCarbideAkzoAkzoAkzoAkzoDuPontSolvayDuPont3M

DuPont

TypeofPolymer

Acrylonitrile–butadiene–styreneterpolymer

Polychlorotri uoroethylene

Ethylene–vinylacetatecopolymersAcrylic berAcrylicresin

Poly(methylmethacrylate)Polyurethanes

Acrylonitrile–butadiene–styreneterpolymer

Tetra uorethylene–propyleneCcuresitemonomerterpolymerTetra uoroethylene–ethylenecopolymerNylon-6

Low-densitypolyethylenePolytetra uoroethyleneLow-densitypolyethylenePoly(ethyleneoxide)

ChlorinatednaturalrubberUnsaturatedpolyesterresinsIon-exchangeresinPolybutadiene

TransparentamorphousPolyamideNylon-6

Polyamide berEpoxyresinPolyarylate

Poly(ethyleneterephthalate)

ThermoplasticpolyesterelastomersPoly(butylenesterephthalate)

ThermoplasticpolyesterelastomerPolyaryletherketones(PEEK)PolyarylatePolyarylatesPolyarylsulfonePolyimide

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