Abbreviation of Plastics

giospro · Post by **giospro** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:13 pm

What is the Abbreviation/Definition of the plastics that is used for Pipemaking

Ebonite
Vulcanite
Bakelite
Lucite - PMMA?
Acrylic -PMMA?
Delrin - POM?

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:20 pm

Most of these can be found on wikipedia.org.

For all intents, ebonite and vulcanite are the same material, but vulcanite is usually used to refer to lesser grades of ebonite and for pre-fab stems.

Lucite is a trade/brand name for acrylic.

Delrin is a trade/brand name for Acetal (POM).