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polyvinyl chloride

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polyvinyl chloride
n.
PVC.

polyvinyl chloride
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the full name of PVC

polyvinyl chloride  (pl-vnl)
A synthetic resin, composed of repeating units of vinyl chloride (C2H3Cl). Polyvinyl chloride is very versatile and is used in a wide variety of products, including rainwear, garden hoses, audio discs, and floor tiles.
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Noun1.polyvinyl chloride - a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables
polyvinyl resin, vinyl polymer, vinyl resin - a thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group


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du Pont de Nemours and Company has received a patent for an improved flexible polyvinyl chloride composition that resists UV light induced yellowing and mechanical degradation, the polyvinyl chloride composition having a coated titanium dioxide white pigment in an amount ranging from 0.
Both grades offer a combination of properties that is said to make them ideal replacements for flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
The first phase has the following plants: a 100,000 t/y polyvinyl chloride (PVC) unit brought on stream in mid-1999 to replace an 80,000 t/y plant; a 100,000 t/y vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) unit, which was expanded in mid-1999; a unit to produce 126,000 t/y chlorine and caustic soda; and an 82,000 t/y sodium hydroxide unit added to the complex in 1992 (see background in down3EgyptPetchJan16-06).
 
 
 
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