Plastic and Polymer Glossaries

Very large and good set of terms related to adhesives and woodworking.

Terms related to resins from Deco-Coat, a manufacturer of decorative doaming resins. Fairly long.

A fairly long and decent glossary of terms used in the epoxy industry. From Epoxies, Etc.

List of terms primarily related to foams and polymers. From PFA.

General plastics terms plus many entries on recycling and regulation. Some definitions are long; all have citations.

Table of polymer abbreviations by chemical name. From the sci.polymers FAQ.

Table of abbreviations for common polymers. The table covers chemical names, not trade names. From PRAS.

Table of polymer abbreviations by chemical name. Contains several entries that aren't in the other Polymer Abbreviations tables. From Pichai Rusmee, University of Utah.

Table of plastics tradenames showing the type of plastic and the manufacturer.

Potting is done with resins very similar to the ones used in polymeric composites. The two technologies share many of the same terms.

A short, simple glossary of plastic and polymer terms (no composites).