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Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations


  

 

Acronym

Definition

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

AFB

Air Force Base

Al

Aluminum

ALC

Air Logistics Center

ATCM

Airborne toxic control measure

CARB

California Air Resources Board

CCOHS

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Cd

Cadmium, Cad

C-HCAT

Canadian Hard Chrome Alternatives Team

C-MAT

Calculation for Material Alternative Technologies

Co-P

Cobalt phosphorus

Cr

Chromium, chrome

CrO3

Chromium trioxide, CrVI oxide, Cr6+ oxide

Cr2O3

Trivalent chromium oxide, Criii oxide, Cr3+ oxide

Cr3C2-NiCr

Chromium carbide-nickel chrome

Cr3+

Trivalent chromium, CrIII

Cr6+

Hexavalent chromium, CrVI

CRT

Cathode ray tube

CRES

Corrosion resistant stainless steel

CVD

Chemical vapor deposition

DND

Department of National Defence (Canada)

DoD

Department of Defense

dscm

Dry standard cubic meter

DSTO

Defence Science and Technology Organization (Australia)

ELV

End of life vehicles

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPP

Electrolytic plasma processing

ESA

Electrospark alloying

ESD

Electrospark deposition

ESOH

Environment, Safety & Occupational Health

ESTCP

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

HCAT

Hard Chrome Alternatives Team

HVAF

High-Velocity Air-Fuel

HVOF

High velocity oxygen fuel

ID

Internal diameter

IPT

 

IVD

Ion vapor deposition

J-CAT

Joint Cadmium Alternatives Team

JSF

Joint Strike Fighter

kph

Kilometers per hour

LCD

Liquid crystal display

Mg

Magnesium

MRO

Maintenance, repair and overhaul

NADEP

Naval aviation depot

nCo-P

Nano cobalt phosphorus

NESHAP

National emission standard for hazardous air pollutants

Ni

Nickel

NiAl

Nickel aluminum

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NRC

National Research Council (Canada)

OEM

Original equipment manufacturer

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PBB

Polybrominated biphenyl

PBDE

Polybrominated diphenyl ether

PEL

Permissible exposure limit

PEWG

Propulsion Environmental Working Group

PVD

Physical vapor deposition

REACH

Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals

RoHS

Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (in electrical and electronic equipment)

SECAL

Separate engineering control air limit

SERDP

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

SCM

Simplified cost modeling

SiC

Silicon carbide

SnZn

Tin zinc

SPD

Supersonic particle deposition

Ta

Tantalum

TiN

Titanium nitride

TLV

Threshold limit value

TRL

Technology readiness level

TWA

Time-weighted average

UCAV

Unmanned combat air vehicle

W-B-Si

Tungsten boron silicon

WC-Co

Tungsten carbide cobalt

WC-CoCr

Tungsten carbide cobalt chrome

WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

wt.%

Weight percent

Zn

Zinc

ZnNi

Zinc nickel

 

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