Paper Acronyms

Paper Acronyms Alphabets  A to C
AA- Active Alkali
AAC- Allowable Annual Cut
ABB- Asea Brown Boveri
AC- Alkali Cellulose
ACFM- Actual Cubic Feet per Minute
AD- Air Dry
AFH- Away From Home
AFPA- Alberta Forest Product Association
AF & PA- American Forest and Paper Association
AIChE- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AICC- Association of Independent Corrugated Converters
AKD- Alkyl Ketene Dimer
A/M- Automatic/Manual
ANSI- American National Standard Institute
AOX- Adsorable Organic Halogen
AOEO- Alternative Offset and Equal Offset
AP- Alkyl Phenol
APE- Alkyl Phenol Etoxylates
APMP- Alkaline Peroxide Mechanical Pulping
APPITA- Technical Association of Australian & New Zealand Pulp & Paper Industry
APP- Ammonium Poly Phosphate, Asian Pulp & Paper, Alkaline Peroxide Pulp
AQ- Anthra Quinone
AR- Adhesive Ratio
ASA- Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride
ASL- Above Sea Level
AST- Activated Sludge Treatment
ASTM- American Society for Testing and Material
ATP- Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
BAT- Best Available Technology
BACT- Best Available Control Technology
BC- Boise Cascade
BCT- Box Compression Test
BCMP- Bisulfite Chemi Mechanical Pulp
BCTMP- Bleached Chemo Thermo Mechanical Pulp
BD- Bone Dry
BDS- Bone Dry Solids
BEKP- Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp
BF- Bold Face
BKP- Bleached Kraft Pulp
BHP- Brake Horse Power, Boiler Horse Power
BHR- Blow Heart Recovery
B/L or BL- Bleach Loss
BLS- Black Liquor Solids
BMC- Box Manufacturer Certificate
BOD- Biological Oxygen Demand
BPBMA- British Paper & Board Makers Association
BRE- Business Reply Envelope
BSW- Brown Stock Paper
BTU- British Thermal Unit
B/W or BW- Basis Weight
BY- Bleached Yield
C- Chlortination
CAA- Clean Air Act
CB- Coated Back
CCSP- Cold Caustic Soda Pulping
CDT- Corrected Drainage Time
CEPI- Confederation of European Paper Industries
CF- Coated Front
CFB- Coated Front & Back
CFM- Cubic Feet per Minute
C1S- Coated One Side
C2S- Coated Two Side
CGW- Chemi Ground Wood
CHP- Combined Heat & Power
CI- Continuous Improvement
CMC- Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
CMD- Cross Machine Direction
CMMS- Computerized Maintenance Management System
CMP- Chemi Mechanical Pulp
CMT- Corrugated Medium Test, Concora Medium Test
COD- Chemical Oxygen Demand
COF- Coefficient of Friction
CPO- Computer Print Out
CPPA- Canadian Pulp & Paper Association
CPPRI- Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute
CRB- Chemical Recovery Boiler
CRMP- Chemi Refiner Mechanical Pulp
CS- Cast Steel
CSF- Canadian Standard Freeness
CSP- Cold Soda Pulping
CTLF- Chemically Treated Long Fiber
CTMP- Chemo Thermo Mechanical Pulp
CW- Compression Wood
CWSN- Critical Wax Strength Number
CY- Cubic Yard