THE CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Kazim Naqvi |
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| Affiliation: | Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. , New Delhi, 110001, India |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) is commercially one of the most important thermoplastics in the world today. Its growth rate averaged 7% per annum in the 1970s. In 1980 it was the second largest volume thermoplastic used in the United States (the first being low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and was the lowest priced among the five leading plastics: LDPE, PVC, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). |
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