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Polyvinyl Chloride Summary
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Polyvinyl Chloride Overview Polyvinyl chloride (pol-ee-VYE-nul KLOR-ide) is also known as PVC, vinyl, chlorethylene homopolymer, and chlorethene homopolymer. It is the third most commonly produced plastic in the United States, exceeded only by...
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Polyvinyl Chloride (Pvc) Summary
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a macromolecule that results from the free-radical polymerization of vinyl chloride. First discovered in the early 1870s, PVC has become widely distributed second only to polyethylene in annual production volume. It has many...
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Polyvinyl Chloride Summary
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Polyvinyl chloride, also known as PVC, is a plastic produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride. It is used with plasticizers to make packaging films, boots, garden hose, etc. Without plasticizers, PVC is used to make pipe, siding, shingles,...
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Polyvinyl chloride Information
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Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Polychloroethene) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. In terms of revenue generated, it is one of the most valuable products of the chemical industry. Around the world, over 50% of PVC...


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Chemical Week
Polyvinyl chloride.(market profile)
04/05/1995: 310 words, approx. 1 pages
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) demand will continue strong through mid-1995, with the possible exception of pipe-grade PVC. A 2-cts/lb price increase is planned for Apr 1995. Several capacity expansions will occur between 1995 and 1997. A mature product, PVC is threatened by new polyolefins, particularly...
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Chemical Week
Polyvinyl chloride.(product focus)
11/05/2003: 545 words, approx. 2 pages
Prices U.S. 47 cts-51 cts/lb del, general purpose; 42 cts-43 cts/lb del, pipe grade; September contracts. EUROPE 700 [euro]-750 [euro]/m.t./kg del, pipe grade, October contracts ASIA/PACIFIC $650-$660/m.t. c&f China, spot Outlook Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) demand picked up in...
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Investigators: Worker error caused fatal chemical plant explosion
3/6/2007: 647 words, approx. 2 pages
A series of explosions that killed five employees at a central Illinois chemical plant in 2004 was caused by a worker who mistakenly opened a valve on a high-temperature reactor that was in operation, a federal agency said Tuesday.Yet plant owner Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A....
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Century of plastic celebrated in London
5/22/2007: 692 words, approx. 2 pages
Strap on your PVC boots, hike up your nylon stockings. It's time to celebrate the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, one that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, fashion and more.Plastic.An exhibition opening Wednesday at London's Science Museum looks to a future that includes...
 


 

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