PVC Handbook

In 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.

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