AES

auger electron spectrometry

ASTM

American Standard Methods

CAAA

Clean Air Act Amendments

CM

cement-to-metal

CP

cement-to-primer

CR

chloroprene rubber

COPE

copolyester elastomer

DFT

dry film thickness

EB

electron beam

EDS

Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (US)

EPCA

environmentally preferred Chemlok adhesive

EPDM

ethylene-propylene-diene

EPR

ethylene-propylene rubber

FKM

fluoroelastomer

GBS

grit blasted steel

HAP

hazardous air pollutant

HDPE

high density polyethylene

ISO

International Standards Organization

IIR

butyl rubber

ISS

ion scattering spectrometry

MACT

maximum achievable control technology

MBTS

2-mercaptobenzothiazole disulfide

MEK

methyl ethyl ketone

MLS

multilayer steel

MDI

4,4 diphenylmethane diisocyanate

MSDS

material safety data sheet

NBR

acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, also known at nitrile

NR

natural rubber

OBTS

n-oxydiethylene-benzothiazole-2-sulfenamide

OEM

original equipment manufacturer

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyl

PLI

pounds per linear inch

RC

rubber-to-concrete

RIM

reaction injection moulding

SBC

styrene block copolymer

SBR

styrene-butadiene rubber

SEM

scanning electron microscopy

SIMS

secondary ion mass spectroscopy

TDI

toluene diisocyanate

TMTM

tetramethyl thiuram monosulfide

TPE

thermoplastic elastomer

TPO

thermoplastic olefin elastomer

TPU

thermoplastic urethane

TRI

Toxics Release Inventory

RBS

Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy

VOC

volatile organic compound

XPS

X-ray photoelectron spectrometry

ZDMC

zinc diethyl dithiocarbamate

ZnPhos

zinc phosphated steel