Identifying a plastics by the trade name
You, plastics salesperson, has visited and looked at the packaging of other suppliers trying to figure out what materials were they?
And you who are on the factory floor, was already racking your brain to find out what is that missing bag in stock?
Are you a businessman and want a name for your material?
Your problems are over! I present a guide that shows how manufacturers tend to name their products.
Well, actually it does not apply to all manufacturers... But either way it already helps in identification.
Polyethylene Cosmothene
The nomenclature tends to originate in the material name in English (polyethylene and polypropylene).
Termination
–ene or
–thene
Examples: Bapolene®, Cosmothene®, Certene™, Duralene.
Polystyrene e Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
The nomenclature stems from the styrene monomer.
Termination
–rene or terminated/prefixed by
styrol or
stirol
Examples: Palstyrol®, Polystyrol, Solarene, Stirofor®, Stirol, Stirolan, StyroCal™, Styrolution.
ABS Tairilac
Many manufacturers use the ending "lac", while others use the prefix "ter" from terpolymer.
Termination
–lac or prefix
ter-
Examples: Cycolac*, Dialac®, Greenlac, Hylac®, Lastilac, Polylac®, Santac®, Tairilac, Taitalac®, Tekulac, Terluran, Toyolac®, Trilac.
Polyacetal Hostaform
Manufacturers usually base the name of their polyacetals in its monomer, formaldehyde.
Termination
–tal,
-form,
-con; or prefixed by
form-
Examples: Astatal™, Celcon®, Delrin®, Deniform, Duracon, Ekatal®, Ensital®, Formax®, Formpoly, Germaform, Hostaform®, Isotal*, Iupital®, Kepital®, Kocetal®, Niform, Novaform, Optital, Palform®, Poliform, Polyform, Ramtal, Razatal®, Saxaform™, Schulaform®, Sniatal®, Tarnoform®, Tekuform, Ultraform®, Unital®.
Polyamide Mazmid
Termination
–mid,
-nyl or
–on.
Examples: Armamid®, Badamid®, Daunyl, Denyl, Devlon, Econyl, Fostamid™, Germamid, Heramid®, Hylon®, Kelon®, Latamid®, Mazmid, Nylamid, Optamid®, Pentamid, Radilon®, Scanamid, Technyl, Ultramid®, Vestamid®, Wellamid®.
PC/ABS Bayblend
Generally blends have termination
–loy or
–blend.
Examples:
Acculoy™ (PC/PET)
Anjablend (PC/PBT)
Astaloy™ (PC/PBT)
Bayblend® (PC/ABS)
Deniblend (PC/PBT)
Electrablend® (PC/PET)
Novalloy (PC/PBT)
Bibliography:
HARPER, Charles A.; PETRIE, Edward M. Plastics Materials and Process: A Concise Encyclopedia. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.
WIEBECK, Hélio; HARADA, Júlio. Plásticos de Engenharia: Tecnologia e Aplicações. São Paulo: Artliber Editora, 2005.
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