AB – Antique Brass (darker finish)
B – Brass
PL – Brass (Polished and Lacquered)
BP – Brass Plated
BZP – Bright Zinc Plated
EB – Electro Brass Plated
PAA – Polished Anodised Aluminium
PB – Polished Brass (shiny)
SB – Stainless brass (Stainless steel with brass plating)
SPB – Satin Brass (matt)
C – Chrome
CP – Chrome Plated
SC – Satin Chrome (matt)
SCP – Satin Chrome Plated (matt)
PC & P/C – Polished Chrome (shiny)
SAA – Satin Anodised Aluminium
SSS – Satin Stainless Steel (matt)
SS – Stainless Steel (often shiny)
PSS – Bright Stainless Steel/Polished Stainless Steel
AB – Antique Black (solid black)
MB – Matt Black
Galv – Galvanised steel
IBMA – Imitation Bronze Metal Antique
RBMA – Real Bronze Metal Antique
BN – Black Nickel
NP – Nickel plated
SN – Satin Nickel (matt)
AA – Anodised aluminium
PVD – Physical Vapour Deposition. A way of depositing thin coatings of a range of materials such as brass, on other materials, such as a stainless-steel.
YZ – Yellow Zinc Plated
ZP – Zinc Plated