Petro-Lubricant Testing Laboratories

Acronym	Description and Link
AA	Atomic Absorption (video)
AAR	American Association of Railroads
ACEA	European Automobile Manufacturers' Association
AGMA	American Gear Manufacturers Association
AISE	Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (standards purchase)
AIST	Association for Iron and Steel Technology
ANSI	American National Standard Institute
AOCS	American Oil Chemists Society
APHA	American Public Health Association
API	American Petroleum Institute (technical bulletins)
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Condition Engineers
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM standards purchase)
BMS	Boeing Material Specification (CAGE CODE 02731 pdf)
BSI	British Standards Institute (ISO/IEC and miscellaneous standards)
CFR	US Code of Federal Regulations (beta eCFR)
CTM	Corporate Test Method, Dow Corning Corporation
Def Stan	Ministry of Defense Standards (UK)
DIDC	Degré International de Dureté du Caoutchouc (ASTM D1415, see IRHD)
DIN	Deutsches Institut fur Normung eV (German Institute for Standardization, English version)
DSC	Differential Scanning Calorimetry (pdf)
EI	Energy Institute (formerly IP)
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPDM	Ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (product sheet)
FKM	Fluoroelastomer (product sheet)
FPM	Fluorocarbon elastomer (see Fluoroelastomer)
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrograph
FTM	Federal Test Method (Federal Standard 791D, latest pdf)
GC	Gas Chromatography
HFC	Hydro-Fluoro-Carbon (definition)
ICP-OES	Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy (slideshow)
IEC	International Electrochemical Commission
IP	Institute of Petroleum (See Energy Institute)
IRHD	International Rubber Hardness Degree (ASTM D1415, see DIDC)
ISO	International Organization for Standardization (ISO standards and certification)
IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
KFR	Karl Fischer Reagent
LFW-1	Alfa Model LFW-1 Load, Friction, and Wear Test (ASTM D2714)
LUX	SI derived unit of illuminance
NAS	National Aerospace Standards
NBR	Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber
NLGI	National Lubrication Grease Institute
PDSC	Pressurized Differential Scanning Calorimetry (guide)
PLTL	Petro-Lubricant Testing Labs Methods
PTI	Post Tension Institute
RPVOT	Rotating Pressure Vessel Oxidation Test (ASTM D2272)
SAE AMS	Society of Automotive Engineering Aerospace Material Specification (standards)
SAE ARP	Society of Automotive Engineering Aerospace Recommended Practice
SAE AS	Society of Automotive Engineering Aerospace Standard
SOD	Standard Oil Development
STLE	Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
SUS	Saybolt Universal Seconds (definition)
TEOST	Thermal Oxidation Engine Oil Simulation Test (ASTM D7097)
TFOUT	Thin Film Oxidation Uptake Test (ASTM D7098)
TGA	Thermogravimetric Analysis (guide)
UN	United Nations
USP	United States Pharmacopeial Convention (by country)
USS	US Steel

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Petro-Lubricant Testing Laboratories, Inc.
116 Sunset Inn Road, Lafayette, NJ 07848, USA
Phone: +1 973-579-3448

Industry Acronyms

Acronym

Description and Link

Petro-Lubricant Testing Laboratories, Inc.116 Sunset Inn Road, Lafayette, NJ 07848, USAPhone: +1 973-579-3448

Petro-Lubricant Testing Laboratories, Inc.
116 Sunset Inn Road, Lafayette, NJ 07848, USA
Phone: +1 973-579-3448