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rubber industry abbreviations


                                                    Abbreviations
 ACM  Polyacrylate Rubber
 AF   Air Force
 AFML   Air Force Material Laboratory
 AMS   Aerospace Material Specification
 AN   (1) Army-Navy; (2) Air Force-Navy
 ANA  Air Force-Navy Aeronautical Bulletin
 AND  Air Force-Navy Design
 AQL  Acceptable Quality Level
 ARP  Aerospace Recommended Practice
 AS  Aerospace Standard
 ASTM  American Society for Testing and Materials
 atm  Atmosphere (atmospheric)
 AU  Polyurethane Rubber
 BR  Butadiene Rubber
 C or °C  Degrees Centigrade
 cc  Cubic centimeter
 C.G.S.  Centimeter-Gram-Second; system of units for length, mass, and time
 CO  Epichlorohydrin Rubber
 cpm  Cycles per minute
 CR  Chloroprene (Neoprene)
 cs  Cross Section
 CSM  Hypalon Rubber
 Dia  Diameter
 ECO  Epichlorohydrin Rubber
 EP, EPM  Ethylene-Propylene Rubber
 EPDM  Ethylene-Propylene Rubber
 EU  Polyurethane Rubber
 F or °F  Degrees Fahrenheit
 FED  Federal Specification
 FKM
 (also FPM)
 Fluorocarbon Rubber
 F.P.S.  Foot-Pound-Second; system of units for length, weight and time
 FVMQ  Fluorosilicone Rubber
 HNBR  Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber
 GRS  “Government Rubber Styrene”; now SBR
 ID  Inside Diameter
 IIR  Butyl Rubber
 in.  Inch
 IR  Isoprene Rubber
 JAN  Joint Army-Navy
 JIC  Joint Industry Conference on Hydraulic Standards for Industrial 
 Equipment
 K  Degrees Kelvin (Absolute) — (°C +273)
 Max  Maximum
 MIL  Military Specification
 Min  Minimum
 MS  Military Standard
 MVQ  Silicone Rubber
 NAS  National Aerospace Standard
 (also National Aircraft Standards [older meaning])
 NASA  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 NBR  Nitrile or Buna-N Rubber
 No  Number
 NR  Natural Rubber
 OD  Outside Diameter
 psi  Pounds per square inch
 PVMQ  Phenyl Silicone Rubber
 QPL  Military Qualified Products List
 R or °R  Degrees Rankine (Absolute) — (°F +460)
 Rad  Radius
 RMA  Rubber Manufacturers Association
 RMS  Root-Mean-Square; average value of surface roughness measured 
 in microinches
 rpm  Revolutions per minute
 SAE  Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
 SBR  Styrene Butadiene Rubber
 sfm  Surface Feet per minute
 Spec  Specification
 T  Polysulfi de Rubber
 Temp.  Temperature
 TFE/P  AFLAS
 USAF  United States Air Force
 VMQ  Silicone Rubber
 W  Width (seal cross section)
 WPAFB  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base


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