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The commonly used English abbreviations in the Polyurethane industry

2025-04-14

The abbreviation of polyurethane is PU. There are some other English abbreviations in the industry, which we have sorted out and listed as follows:

 

Abbreviation DPA: Low odor gel catalyst, outstanding balance and versatility to provide good fluidity

Abbreviation TAP: 1-methyl-4-(2-dimethylaminoethyl) piperazine: excellent trimerization catalyst, can improve fluidity

Abbreviation DMDEE: (2,2'-dimorpholine diethyl ether): strong foaming catalyst, providing stable prepolymer system

Abbreviation DMAEE: low-density all-water rigid foam and low-density semi-rigid foam

Abbreviation BDMAEE: bis-(2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether: efficient foaming catalyst

Abbreviation BDMA: (N,N-dimethylbenzylamine): polyurethane rigid foam catalyst, epoxy accelerator

Abbreviation DMEA (N,N'-dimethylethanolamine): neutralizes acid in some rigid foam systems,

Abbreviation PMDETA: (pentamethyldiethylenetriamine): particularly effective for HCFC/water foamed rigid foam, similar to PC5

Abbreviation AA: adipic acid

Abbreviation ADI: generally refers to aliphatic diisocyanate

Abbreviation BDO: usually 1,4-butanediol

Abbreviation CFC: chlorofluoroalkane

Abbreviation C-MDI: Carbodiimide modified MDI

Abbreviation COC: Open cup method to test flash point

Abbreviation CASE: refers to non-foaming polyurethane materials, generally these four materials: coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers

Abbreviation CHDO: Cyclohexanediol

Abbreviation DBP: Dibutyl phthalate

Abbreviation DBTDL: Dibutyltin dilaurate, also known as T12

Abbreviation DEOA: Diethanolamine

Abbreviation DEP: Diethyl phthalate

Abbreviation DETDA: Diethyltoluenediamine, also known as E100

Abbreviation DMTDA: Dimethylthiotoluenediamine, also known as E300

Abbreviation DMC: Dimethyl carbonate

Abbreviation DMDEE: Bismorpholine diethyl ether

Abbreviation DMF: Dimethylformamide

Abbreviation DMI: Dimethylimidazole

Abbreviation DMP: Dimethylpiperazine

Abbreviation DMMP: Dimethyl methyl phosphate

Abbreviation DMP-30: Tris (dimethylaminomethyl)phenol

Abbreviation DMT: Dimethyl terephthalate

Abbreviation DOA: Dioctyl adipate

Abbreviation DOP: dioctyl phthalate

Abbreviation DOTP: dioctyl terephthalate

Abbreviation DPG: dipropylene glycol

Abbreviation EG: ethylene glycol

Abbreviation EO: ethylene oxide

Abbreviation HDI: hexamethylene diisocyanate

Abbreviation HDO: 1,6-hexanediol

Abbreviation HER: hydroquinone dihydroxyethyl ether

Abbreviation HQEE: hydroquinone dihydroxyethyl ether

Abbreviation HPR: hydroquinone dihydroxypropyl ether

Abbreviation HR: high resilience sponge

Abbreviation HMD: hydrogenated MDI

Abbreviation HTDI: hydrogenated TDI

Abbreviation HXDI: hydrogenated XDI

Abbreviation IPDI: isophorone diisocyanate

Abbreviation HTPB: butyl hydroxybutyrate

Abbreviation IPPP: triisopropylphenyl phosphate

Abbreviation ISO: abbreviation for isocyanate for equipment

Abbreviation L-MDI: liquefied MDI

Abbreviation MC: dichloromethane

Abbreviation MOCA: methylene di-o-chloroaniline

Abbreviation MCDEA: Methylenebis(m-chlorodiethylaniline)

Abbreviation MDA: Methylenedianiline

Abbreviation MDI: Methylenediphenylmethane diisocyanate

Abbreviation MEK: Butanone

Abbreviation NDI: Naphthalene diisocyanate

Abbreviation NPG: Neopentyl glycol

Abbreviation PAPI: Polymeric MDI

Abbreviation PBA: Polybutylene adipate diol

Abbreviation PC: Polycarbonate

Abbreviation PCDL: Polycarbonate diol

Abbreviation PCL: Polycaprolactone diol

Abbreviation PDA: Polyethylene adipate diol

Abbreviation PDO: Propylene glycol

Abbreviation PEA: Polyethylene adipate diol

Abbreviation PHD: Polyurea polyol

Abbreviation PIR: Polyisocyanurate

Abbreviation PO: Propylene oxide

Abbreviation PPG: Elastomer polyether

Abbreviation POP: Polymer polyol: Grafted polyether

Abbreviation PTA: Terephthalic acid

Abbreviation PUA: Polyurethane-acrylic resin

Abbreviation PUE: Polyurethane elastomer

Abbreviation PUF: Polyurethane foam

Abbreviation PUR: Polyurethane

Abbreviation PUU: Polyurethane urea

Abbreviation RIM: Polyurethane injection molding

Abbreviation RRIM: Reinforced RIM

Abbreviation SRIM: Structural RIM

Abbreviation TCPP: Phosphoric acid chlorine flame retardant

Abbreviation TCEP: Phosphoric acid flame retardant

Abbreviation TDI: Toluene diisocyanate

Abbreviation TPP: Triphenyl phosphate

Abbreviation TEP: Triethyl phosphate

Abbreviation TGA: Thermogravimetric analysis

Abbreviation TMP: Trimethylolpropane

Abbreviation TPG: Tripropylene glycol

Abbreviation TODI: Biphenyl toluene diisocyanate

Abbreviation TPTI: Bayer RFE shoe curing agent

Abbreviation TPU: Thermoplastic polyurethane

Abbreviation TTI: Triphenylmethane triisocyanate

Abbreviation VOC: Volatile organic compound

Abbreviation UV: Ultraviolet

Abbreviation XDI: Meta-xylene diisocyanate

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