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.
The 2nd edition is comprehensively updated throughout, with all-new chapters on PVC recycling, sustainability, and decarbonization.
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
- PVC Recycling
- PVC Sustainability
- PVC Decarbonization
Richard P. Krock
Richard P. Krock is founder and Principal of VyChlor Advisors, LLC, Westlake, OH, advising the chlor-vinyl and plastics recycling industries on critical regulatory requirements and sustainability aspects. He was previously, until 2021, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs at the Vinyl Institute, Washington, D.C.
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