Glossary

Compound
Physical mixture of a substrate and minimum one additional filler, mostly without chemical bonding.

ECTFE
Ethylene chlortriflurethylene copolymer, partially fluoride plastics from the company SolvaySolexis.

ETFE
Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, partially fluoride plastic.

FEP
Fluoride ethylene propylene, fully fluoride plastic consisting of the monomers tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoride propylene

Masterbatch
Preparation of a plastic component for the mixture with a plastic similar to the substrate. Enables metering e.g. color pigments (color masterbatch) that cannot be added to the plastic in their original state

MFA
Fully fluoride thermoplastic material from Solvay Solexis consisting of the monomers tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoromethylvinylether.

MFI
Melt flow- index, a measure for the melt viscosity

Nd: YAG
Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser. Solid-state laser that uses as an active medium a neodynium-doped YAG crystal, usually emittin infrared radiation with 1064 nm wavelength.

PEEK
Polyether etherketones: high temperature thermoplastic by the company Victrex

PFA
Perfluoroalkoxy, fully fluoride plastic consisting of the monomers tetrafluoroethylene and Perfluoropropylvinylether

PVDF
Polyvinylidene fluoride, partially fluorinated plastic.

THV
Fluoropolymer from Dyneon, consisting of the monomers tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, vinylidene fluoride, partially fluoride plastic.