A: Acid Wash Treatment (stage in bleaching sequence)
AA: Active Alkali
AAC: Allowable Annual Cut
ABB: Asea Brown Boveri
ABS: Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
AC: Alkali Cellulose
ACFM: Actual Cubic Feet per Minute
AD: Air Dry
ADF: Acid Detergent Fiber
ADMT: Air Dry Metric Ton
AFH: Away From Home
AFPA: Alberta Forest Product Association
AF & PA: American Forest and Paper Association
AHQ: AnthraHydroQuinone, C₆H₄(OH)₂,the reduced form of anthraquinone
AIChE: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AICC: Association of Independent Corrugated Converters
AKD: Alkyl Ketene Dimer
A/M: Automatic/Manual
ANK: All Natural Kraft
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, Asia Pulp & Paper, Alkaline Peroxide Pulp
AQ: AnthraQuinone
AQL: Acceptable Quality Level
AR: Adhesive Ratio
ARL: Average Run Length
ASA: Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride
ASB: Aerated Stabilization Basin
ASL: Above Sea Level
AST: Activated Sludge Treatment
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Material
ATFS: American Tree Farm System
ATP: Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
AVF: Annual Vegetable Fibers
AZC: Ammonium Zirconium Carbonate

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, Bi-sulfate Chemo Thermo Mechanical Pulp
BD: Bone Dry
BDS: Bone Dry Solids
BEKP: Bleached Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp
BF: Bold Face, Burst Factor
BKP: Bleached Kraft Pulp
BHP: Brake Horse Power, Boiler Horse Power
BHR: Blow Heat Recovery
B/L or BL: Black Liquor, Bleach Loss
BLS: Black Liquor Solids
BMC: Box Manufacturer Certificate.
BMI: Book Manufacturers Institute, Inc.
BMT: Best Management Practice
BOD: Biological Oxygen Demand
BPBMA: British Paper & Board Makers Association
BRE: Business Reply Envelope
BSV: Bond Strength Value
BSW: Brown Stock Washer
BTU: British Thermal Unit
B/W or BW: Back Water, Basis Weight
BY: Bleached Yield

C: Chlorination (stage in bleaching sequence)
C1S: Coated 1 Side
C2S: Coated 2 Side
CAA: Clean Air Act
CB: Coated Back
CBS: Coated Book Stock
CC: Corrugated Containers
CCSP: Cold Caustic Soda Pulping
CD: Cross Direction, Compact Disk
CDAS: Cationic DiAldehyde Starch
CDM: Clean Development Mechanism
CDT: Corrected Drainage Time
CEPI: Confederation of European Paper Industries
CED: CupriEthyleneDiamine
CER: Certified Emission Reduction
CF: Coated Front, Chlorine Factor
CFB: Coated Front & Back
CFM: Cubic Feet per Minute
CGS: Coated Groundwood Section
CGW: Chemi Ground Wood
CHP: Combined Heat & Power
CI: Continuous Improvement
CKB: Coated Kraft Back
CLS: Canadian Lumber Standard
CLT: Concora Liner Test, Cross Laminated Timber
CMC: Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
CMD: Cross Machine Direction
CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management System
CMP: Chemi Mechanical Pulp
CMT: Corrugated Medium Test, Concora Medium Test
COC: Chain Of Custody
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
CSWO: Cold Set Web Offset
CTLF: Chemically Treated Long Fiber
CTMP: Chemo Thermo Mechanical Pulp
CUK: Coated Unbleached Kraft
CW: Compression Wood
CWC: Coated Wood Containing
CWF: Coated Wood Free
CWSN: Critical Wax Strength Number
CY: Cubic Yard

D: Chlorine Dioxide (stage in bleaching sequence)
DAF: Dissolved Air Flotation
DC: Direct Contact, Direct Current
DCE: Direct Contact Evaporator
DCM: Dissolved and Colloidal Materials
DCS: Distributed Control System, Data Collection System, Dissolved and Colloidal Substances.
DDA: Dynamic Drainage Analyzer, Dihydro Dihydroxy Anthracene
DDC: Direct Digital Control
DDJ: Dynamic Drainage Jar
DDR: Double Disc Refiner
DF: Dilution Factor
DFR: Dried Formed Reel
DIP: De Inked Pulp
DLK: Double Lined Kraft
DMAP: Di Methyl Amino Pyridine
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
DP: Degree of Polymerization, Dissolving Pulp
DPI: Dots Per Inch
DR: Displacement Ratio
DS: Dissolved Solid, Degree of Substitution
DTPA: Diethylene Triamine Penta Acetate
DWB: Doubled Walled Board

E: Alkaline Extraction (stage in bleaching sequence)
EA: Effective Alkali
EAA: Ethylene Acrylic Acid
EBA: Equivalent Black Area
ECCSA: Effective Capillary Cross Sectional Area
ECF: Elemental Chlorine Free
ECO: Energy Conservation Opportunities
ECT: Edge Crush Test
EDTA: Ethylene Diamine Tetra acetic Acid
EECF: Enhanced Elemental Chlorine Free
EEM: Environmental Effect Monitoring
EEP: Energy Efficiency Program
EHS: Environmental, Health & Safety
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment
EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
EMC: Equilibrium Moisture Content
EMCC: Extended Modified Continuous Cooking
EMS: Environmental Management System
ENP: Extended Nip Press
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
EPAT: Environmental Paper Assessment Tools
EPD: Environmental Product Declaration
EPP: Environmentally Preferable Paper
ERIC: Effective Residual Ink Concentration
ERU: Emission Reduction Unit
ERW: Electric Resistance Welding
ESCC: External Stress Corrosion Cracking
ESFPA: Empire State Forest Products Association
ESP: Electro Static Precipitator
EVA: Ethyl Vinyl Acetate

F: Formamidine Sulfinic Acid Stage in Bleaching
FAT: Factory Approved Test
FBK: Fully Bleached Kraft
FD: Forced Draft
FDI: Flotation Deinked
FEP: Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FFE: Falling Film Evaporator
FPAC: Forest Products Association of Canada
FPR: First Pass Retention
FPAR: First Pass Ash Retention
FPFR: First Pass Fine Retention
FPM: Feet Per Minute
FRP: Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester or Plastic
FSA: Formamidine Sulfinic Acid
FSC: Forest Stewardship Council
FSP: Fiber Saturation Point
FTU: Formosin Turbidity Unit
FW: Fresh Water
FWA: Fluorescent Whitening Agents

GATF: Graphic Art Technical Foundation
GCC: Ground Calcium Carbonate
GED: Good Engineering Practice
GHG: Greenhouse Gas Emission
GJ: Giga Joules
GL or G/L: Green Liquor
GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice
GP: Georgia Pacific
GPL: Grams Per Liter
GPM: Gallon Per Minute
GRI: Gravure Research Institute
GSM: Grams per Square Meter
GWP: Ground Wood Pulp

H: Hypo chlorite (stage in bleaching sequence)
HAP: Hazardous Air Pollutants
HB: Head Box
HC: High Consistency
HD: High Density
HDPE: High Density PolyEthylene
HE: Heat Exchanger
HEN: Heat Exchange Network
HFPI: Hardwood Fiber Price Index
HP: High Pressure, Horse Power
HSWO: Heat Set Web Offset
HVAC: Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
HVLC: High Volume Low Concentration
HW or H/W: Hard Wood
HWEC: Hard White Envelope Cutting
HYS: High Yield Sulfite

ICC: Industrial Corrugated Container
ID: Inner Diameter, Inside Diameter, Induced Draft
IGPM: Imperial Gallon Per Minute
IGT: Institut for Graphische Technik
IOD: Immediate Oxygen Demand
IP: International Paper
IPMA: Indian Paper Manufacturers Association
IPPC: Integrated Pollution Prevention Control
IPPTA: Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association
IR: Infra - Red
IRD: Infra Red Dryer
IRT: Insect Resistant Treatment
ISO: International Standard Organization

JPPS: Journal of Pulp and Paper Science

KPI: Key Performance Indicators
KW: Kilo Watt
KWH: Kilo Watt Hour
KZC: Potassium Zirconium Carbonate

LAS: Liquid Application System
LCA: Life Cycle Analysis
LCC: Life Cycle Cost
LCR: Low Consistency Refining
LD: Low Density
LDPE: Low Density PolyEthylene
LIPS: Laser Induced Plasma Spectroscopy
LP: Low Pressure
LPB: Liquid Packaging Board
LPBK: Light Printed Bleached Kraft
LPI: Lines Per Inch
LSC: Low Solid Cooking
LSP: Low Sludge Production
LTE: Long Tube Evaporator
LVHC: Low-Volatility HydroCarbons, Low Volume High Concentration
LVL: Laminated Veneer Lumber
LWC: Light Weight Coated

M: Chlorine Monoxide or Hypochlorous Acid (stage in bleaching sequence)
MAWP: Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
MBBR: Moving Bed Bio Reactor
MBF: Moving Belt Former, Thousand Board Feet, Million Board Feet
MC: Medium Consistency, Moisture Content
MCC: Modified Continuous Cooking, Motor Control Center, Micro Crystalline Cellulose
MCL: Manifold Colored Ledger
MD: Machine Direction
MDC: Maximum Detectable Concentration
MDF: Medium Density Fiberboard
MDQ: Maximum Detectable Quantity
MDPE: Medium Density PolyEthylene
MEE: Multi Effect Evaporator
MEN: Mass Exchange Network
MF: Machine Finish
MFC: Machine Finished Coated
MFP: Machine Finished Pigmentized
MFR: Melamine Formaldehyde Resin
MG: Machine Glazed, Mono Glazed
MIC: Minimal Inhibitory Concentration
MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MM: Milli Meter, One Million
MO: Make an Order
MOW: Mixed Office Waste
MP: Melting Point
MIP: Modified Inorganic Particles
MRA: Moisture Resistance Adhesive
MRC: Metering Roll Coater
MRF: Material Recovery Facility
MS: Mild Steel
MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
MSL: Mean Sea Level
MSP: Metering Size Press
MSW: Municipal Solid Waste
MT: Metric Tonne
MTH: Metric Tonne per Hour, Mixed Tropical Hardwood
MUA: Make Up Air
MUFR: Melamine Urea Formaldehyde Resin
MVC: Multi Variable Conrol
MVR: Mechanical Vapor Re-compressor
MVT: Multi Variable Testing
MVTR: Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate
MW: Mega Watt
MWC: Medium Weight Coated
MWL: Manifold White Ledger

N: Nitrogen Compound (stage in bleaching sequence)
NAA: Newspaper Association of America
NASTA: National Association of State Textbook Administration
NBHKP: Northern Bleached Hardwood Kraft Pulp
NBSKP: Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp
NCC: Nano Crystalline Cellulose
NCG: Non Condensable Gases
NCE: Non Contact Evaporator
NCR: No Carbon Required
NDF: Neutral Detergent Fiber
NDT: None Destructive Testing
NIR: Near InfraRed
NLT: No Less Than
NMT: No More Than
NOx: Nitrogen Oxide
NPA: National Paperbox Association
NPE: Nony Phenol Ethoxylates, Non Process Elements
NPRI: National Pollutant Release Inventory
NPTA: National Paper Trade Association
NSSC: Neutral Sulfite Semi Chemical
NTS: Not To Scale
NTU: Nephlometric Turbidity Unit
NWR: Narrow Width Roll

O: Oxygen (stage in bleaching sequence)
OBA: Optical Brightening Agent
OCC: Old Corrugated Container
OCR: Optical Character Recognition
OCS: Outside Chip Storage
OD: Oven Dry, Outer Diameter, Outside Diameter
ODMT: Oven Dry Metric Tonne
ODST: Oven Dry Short Ton
OMG: Old MaGazine
ONP: Old News Print
ORP: Oxidation Reduction Potential
OSB: Oriented Strand Board

P: Peroxide (stage in bleaching sequence)
PAC: Poly Aluminum Chloride
PAM: PolyAcrylaMides
PAPRICAN: Pulp & Paper Research Institute of CANada
PAPRO: Pulp And Paper Research Organization
PAPTAC: Pulp & Paper Technical Association of Canada
PBK: Printed Bleached Kraft
PC: Programmable Controller
PCA: Paper Chemical Association
PCC: Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
PCF: Post Consumer Fiber, Processed Chlorine Free
PCP: Parts Per Million, PentaChloroPhenol
PDM: Personal Care Products
PFA: PerFlooro Alkyoxy
PEFC: Program for Endorsement of Forest Certifications
PEG: PolyEthylen Glycol
PEI: PolyEthylenImines
PEO: PolyEthylene Oxide
PG: Procter & Gamble
PGA: Pam Guide Actuator
PGW: Pressurized Ground Wood
PIA: Printing Industries of America
PIMA: Paper Industry Management Association
PITA: Paper Industry Technical Association
PLC: Programmable Logic Controller, Public Limited Company
PLI: Pounds per Linear Inch
PM: Paper Machine, Paper Mill, Pulp Mill, Preventive Maintenance, Pulp Machine
PO: Per Oxide (stage in bleaching sequence)
POP: Persistent Organic Pollutant
POS: Partially Oxidized Sulfur
PP: PolyPropylene
PPB: Parts Per Billion
PPC: PolyPhthalate Carbonate
PPD: Pulsed Drainage Device
PPI: Pulp and Paper International, Page Per Inch
PPIC: Pulp and Paper Information Center
PPM: Parts Per Million
PPMAA: Pulp & Paper Manf. Association of Australia
PPO: PolyPhenylene Oxide
PPS: Parker Print Surf (A smoothness Test)
PPSA: Pulp & Paper Safety Association
PRMP: Pressurized Refiner Mechanical Pulping
PRV: Pressure Reducing Valve
PSI: Pounds per Square Inch
PSIA: Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
PSIG: Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PSR: Product Specific Requirement
PTFC: PolyTetraFluoro Chloride
PTFE: PolyTetraFluoro Ethylene
PTFF: PolyTetraFluoro Fluoride

Q: Chelatin (stage in bleaching sequence)
QA: Quality Assurance
QCS: Quality Control System
QFIA: Quebec Forest Industry Association

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RBA: Relative Bonded Area
RC: Residual Carbonate
RCC: Reinforced Concrete Cement
RCF: Recycled Cellulose Fiber
RCT: Ring Crush Test
RDH: Rapid Displacement Heating
REA: Residual Effective Alkali
REED: Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Degradation
RFE: Rising Film Evaporator
RH: Relative Humidity
RI: Refractive Index
RPC: Returnable Plastic Containers
RMP: Refiner Mechanical Pulp
RPM: Revolution Per Minute
RRF: Relative Response Factor
RST: Rotary Screen Thickener
RTM: Routine Test Methods
RTO: Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer

SAP: Super Absorbent Polymer, Semi Alkaline Pulp
SBK: Semi Bleached Kraft
SBR: Sequencing Batch Reactor, Styrene-Butadiene Resin,
SBS: Solid Bleached Sulphite
SC: Super Calender, Super Calendered Self Contained
SCAN: Scandinavian Pulp, Paper & Board Testing Committee
SCC: Stress Corrosion Cracking
SCFM: Standard Cubic Feet per Minute
SCMP: Semi Chemical Mechanical Pulping
SCWO: Super Critical Water Oxidation
SDT: Short Dwell Time
SEC: Size Exclusion Chromatography
SFIA: Swedish Forest Industry Federation
SFI: Sustainable Forestry Initiative
SFPI: Softwood Fiber Price Index
SG: Specific Gravity
SGW: Stone Ground Wood
SL: Spent Liquor
SAA: Styrene Acrylic Acid
SMA: Styrene Maleic Acid
SMA: Styrene Acrylic Emulsion
SOS: Self-Opening Sack
SOW: Sorted Office Waste
SPB: Sodium PerBorate
SPC: Statistical Process Control
SQC: Statistical Quality Control
SR: Schopper Riegler
SS: Stainless Steel
SSA: Small Sample Adapter
SSB: Support Shute Binder
SSC: Sized and Super Calendered
SSL: Spent Sulfite Liquor
ST: Short Ton
STE: Short Tube Evaporator
STP: Secondary Treatment Plant, Standard Temperature & Pressure
SV: Specific Volume
SW or S/W: Soft Wood
SWL: Sorted White Ledger
SY: Screened Yield
SZ: Soaking Zone

T4S: Trimmed Four Sides
TA: Total Alkali
TAD: Through Air Drying
TAED: TetraAcetyl EthyleneDiamine
TAPPI: Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry
TC: Thermo Compressor, Thermo Couple
TCDD: TetraChloroDiabenzo-p-Dioxins (Dioxins)
TCDF: TetraChloroDibenzoFuran
TCF: Totally Chlorine Free
TCMP: Thermo Chemical Mechanical Pulping
TCZ: Temperature in Cooking Zone
TDH: Total Delivered Head
TDS: Total Dissolved Solid
TEA: Tensile Energy Absorption
TEF: Totally Effluent Free, Toxicity Emission Factor
TEFC: Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled
TGW: Thermo Ground Wood
THC: Total HydroCarbon
TIE: Toxicity Identification Evaluation
TIP: Technical Information Paper
TMC: Test Method Committee
TMDI: Total Maximum Daily Load
TMP: Thermo Mechanical Pulp
TOC: Total Oxygen Carbon
TOD: Total Oxygen Demand
TPA: Tons Per Annum
TPD: Tons Per Day
TPY: Tons Per Year
TRC: Total Residual Chlorine
TRS: Total Reduced Sulfur
TSI: Tensile Stiffness Index
TSPP: Tetra Sodium Pyro Phosphate
TSS: Total Suspended Solid
TTA: Total Titratable Alkali
TVS: Total Volatile Solids
TW: Tension Wood

UBSK: UnBleached Softwood Kraft
UF: Ultra Filtration
UHMWPE: Ultra High Molecular Weight Poly Ethylene
USGPM: United State Gallon Per Minute
UTM: Under The Machine
UV: Ultra Violet

VER: Verified Emission Reduction
VFD: Variable Frequency Drive
VIP: Variable Information Printing
VNP: Dutch Paper & Board Association
VOC: Volatile Organic Compound
VRC: Virtual Residual Carbonate
VRE: Vapor Recompression Evaporator
VS: Variable Speed
VSF: Viscose Staple Fiber
VSS: Volatile Suspended Solids
VTT: Vacuum Tail Transfer

W: Watt, Wash (stage in bleaching sequence)
WAS: Waste Activated Sludge
WBLO: Weak Black Liquor Oxidation
WF: Water Finished
WFC: Woof -Free Coated
W/L or WL: White Liquor
WLC: White Ledger Cutting
WNB: White News Blank
WPA: Water Proof Adhesive
WRA: Water Resistance Adhesive
WRV: Water Retention Value
WTE: Waste-to-Energy Conversion
WW, W/W: White Water

X: Xylanase (stage in bleaching sequence)

Y: Dithionite, Hydrosulfite (stage in bleaching sequence)

Z: Ozone Stage (bleaching sequence)
ZP: Zeta Potential

ABBREVIATIONS


Abbrev: Abbreviated; Abbreviation
Abs: Absolute
Ad: Advertisement
Allow.: Allowance
Amal: Amalgam
Amp: Ampere
Amt: Amount
Apprx: Approximate; Approximately
App'd: Approved
Aq: Aqueous
Art.: Article
Assoc.: Association
Atm.: Atmosphere
Attn.: Attention
Avg. or Ave: Average
bbl: barrels
Bld.: Bleached
Cal.: Calorie
Cat.: Catalog (Catalogue)
Cdn: Canadian
Chkd: Checked
Circum.: Circumference
Cir: Circle
Coex: Coextrusion
Conc.: Concentration or Concentrated
Corp.: Corporation
Csy. or Cy.: Consistency
Ctn: Carton
Cu: Cubic
Deg.: Degree
Dia.: Diameter
Div.: Division
do: Ditto (same as above)
doz: Dozen
Drg or Dwg: Drawing
dwt: Deadweight
Ea: Each
Edn.: Edition
Encl.: Enclosed
Eng.: Engineer
Engg.: Engineering
Env: Envelope
Etc.: Et cetera (and so forth)
Ext: Extensible
Fax: Facsimile
Fan: Fanatic
Fig.: Figure
Ft: Foot, Feet
Ga: Gauge
gal: Gallon
Galv: Galvanized
gm: Gramm or Gram
gr.: Grade
Hr.: Hour
Hrs.: Hours
Hz: Hertz (cycles per second)
Ibid or ib: Ibidem (in the same place)
Id: Identification
Imp: Impregnated
In: Inch
Inc: Incorporated, Incorporation
Incl.: Included
Ind: Industry
Info: Information
kg: Kilogram
Lab: Laboratory
Lb: Libra (Pound)
Mat'l: Material
Max.: Maximum
Meas.: Measurement
Mech: Mechanical
Memo.: Memorandum
Mfg.: Manufacturing
Mftr. or mfr.: Manufacturer
Min.: Minute, minimum
Misc.: Miscellaneous
Mkt: Market or Marketing
Nt. Wt: Net Weight
Oz: Ounce
Pat: Patent
pc: Piece
pkg: Package
pref: Prefecture; Preference; Preferred
Pri: Primary
Prodn: Production
Pt: Point
Ptg: Printing
Qlty: Quality
qt: Quart
qtr: Quarter
Qty: Quantity
rad: Radian
Recirc.: Recirculation
Ref: Reference
Reg: Registered; Registration; Regular
Rev: Revision
Sec: Second or Secondary
Sp.: Specific
Spec: Specification
Sq.: Square
Stat.: Statistics
Std.: Standard
Tech: Technology
Temp.: Temperature
Unbld: Unbleached
vol: Volume
vs: Versus
Wt: Weight
Wtg: Writing
Yd: Yard
Yr: Year
Yrs: Years

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