Download or read book PVC Handbook written by Charles E. Wilkes and published by Hanser Gardner Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This handbook contains both practical formulation information as well as a mechanistic view of why PVC behaves as it does.