ABS |
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene |
BET |
Brunauer, Emmett and Teller |
BONA |
ß-oxy-naphthoic acid |
BP |
British patent |
CF |
copper ferrocyanide |
C.I. |
Colour Index |
CIE |
Commission internationale de l'éclairage (International Commission on Illumination) |
CIELAB |
L*a*b* system of the Commission internationale de l'éclairage |
CH |
Swiss patent or patent application |
(C)PVC |
(critical) pigment volume concentration |
CuPc |
copper phthalocyanine |
DE-AS |
Deutsche Anmeldungsschrift (German patent application) |
DE-OS |
Deutsche Offenlegungsschrift (German patent application) |
DE-PS |
Deutsche Patentschrift (German patent) |
DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute of Standardization) |
DPP |
diketopyrrolopyrrole |
DRP |
Deutsches Reichs-Patent (German Patent before 1945) |
EP |
European patent |
FATIPEC |
Federation of Associations of Technicians for Industry of Paints in European Countries |
HALS |
Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers |
HDPE |
high density polyethylene |
HOMO |
highest occupied molecular orbital |
JP |
Japanese patent |
LDPE |
low density polyethylene |
LUMO |
lowest unoccupied molecular orbital |
NAD |
nonaqueous dispersion |
NC |
nitrocellulose |
NMP |
N-methyl -2-pyrrolidone |
O.E.M |
original equipment manufacture |
PA |
polyamide |
PBT |
persistant, bioaccumulating, toxic |
P.B. |
Pigment Blue |
P.Bl. |
Pigment Black |
P.Br. |
Pigment Brown |
P.Gr. |
Pigment Green |
P.O. |
Pigment Orange |
P.R. |
Pigment Red |
P.V. |
Pigment Violet |
P.Y. |
Pigment Yellow |
PC |
polycarbonate |
PCB |
polychlorobiphenyl |
PCDD |
polychlorinated dibenzodioxin |
PCDF |
polychlorinated dibenzofuran |
PDF |
pair-distribution function |
PE |
polyethylene |
PET |
polyethylene terephthalate |
PM |
phosphomolybdic acid |
PMA |
polymethyl acrylate |
PMMA |
polymethyl methacrylate |
PVC |
polyvinylchoride |
POM |
polyoxymethylene |
POP |
persistent organic pollutant |
PP |
polypropylene |
PS |
polystyrene |
PT |
phosphotungstic acid |
PTM |
phosphotungstomolybdic acid |
PUR |
polyurethane |
PVC |
polyvinyl chloride |
QQ |
quinolonoquinolone |
SAN |
styrene-acrylonitrile |
SD |
Standard Depth of shade |
SM |
silicomolybdic acid |
TEM |
transmission electron microscopy |
THI |
thiazine indigo |
US |
(In the reference section) US Patent |
WO |
International patent application |