Description
Book SynopsisIn this single handbook, the editors aim to give a diverse audience of readers a complete account of all aspects of PVC - from monomer manufacture to polymerization; the gamut of such additives as stabilizers, lubricants, plasticizers, impact modifiers, fillers and reinforcing agents; blends and alloys; compounding and processing; characterization; combustion resistance and weatherability; product engineering design; applications; environmental and safety; and finally the PVC industry dynamics. The handbook contains both practical formulation information as well as a mechanistic view of why PVC behaves as it does.
Table of Contents
- Vinyl Chloride Monomer
- Polymerization
- PVC Stabilizers and Lubricants
- Plasticizers
- Processing Aids and Impact Modifiers
- Fillers and Reinforcing Agents
- PVC Blends and Alloys
- Compounding Processes
- Flexible PVC
- Specialty Grade PVC Resins
- Physical Properties and Characterization of PVC
- Flammability and Fire Performance
- Weathering of PVC Compounds
- Fabrication Processes
- Product Engineering Design
- PVC Applications, their Standards and Regulations and Starting Formulations
- PVC Environmental, Health, Safety
- PVC Industry Structure and Dynamics.
