¹H-NMR

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance

AAS

Atomic absorption spectoscopy

ABS

Acrylonitrile butadiene - styrene

AES

Atomic emission spectrometry

APCI

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation

ATR-FTIR

Attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared

BA

Hydroxybutyl adipate

BAB

Dihydroxybutyl adipate

BBP

Benzyl butyl phthalate

BHA

Butylated hydroxy anisole ( t-butyl-4-methoxyphenol)

BHT

Butylated hydroxy toluene (2,6-di- t-butyl- p-cresol)

bp

Boiling point

BPF

British Plastics Federation

BS

Hydroxybutyl succinate

BSB

Dihydroxybutyl succinate

BT

Benzothiazole

CBS

N-Cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazole sulfenamide

CEFIC

European Chemical Industry Council

CEN

European Committee for Standardisation

CPSC

Consumer Product Safety Commission

DC

Direct current

DEA

Diethanolamine

DEHA

Di-2-ethylhexyl adipate

DEHP

Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate

DLTDP

Dilauryl thiodipropionate

DSC

Dynamic scanning calorimetry

EB

Electron beam

EC

European Community

EEC

The Commission of European Communities

EI

Electrospray ionisation

ELSD

Evaporative light scattering detection

EPDM

Ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer

ESI

Energy Sciences, Inc.

EU

European Union

EVOH

Ethylene - vinyl alcohol copolymers

FCA

The Food Contact Additives Panel sector group of the CEFIC

FCN

Food Contact Note

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FDCA

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

FID