Among the vinyl polymers and copolymers, the polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) thermoplastics are the most commercially significant. With various plasticizers, fillers, stabilizers, lubricants, and impact ...

In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics ...

Betting on a recovery in the vinyl industry, Shintech, the US arm of Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical, plans to spend $3.4 billion to expand chlor-alkali, ethylene, and vinyl chloride ...

Compositions of poly(vinyl chloride) with 2–10 (w/w) cellulose were prepared by extrusion. The mechanical properties and water absorptiveness of modified PVC have ...