PVC Additives: Performance, Chemistry, Developments, and Sustainability - Michael Schiller

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Résumé :
Focusing on sustainability, this books offers a comprehensive coverage of stabilizers and other
additives that are essential to PVC.
PVC differs in its stabilization compared to other commodity plastics. Various metal compounds,
such as lead, tin, calcium, magnesium, zinc, rare earth metals, and almost-metal-free systems,
are suitable for the stabilization of PVC. These differences are described with their advantages,
possibilities, and problems from the perspective of the chemist but written to benefit technicians
and sales reps.
Numerous tables and figures are included, providing structures and physicochemical data.
A special section for beginners is dedicated to guiding formulations and test methods. Common
problems in the processing of PVC, such as photo effects and plate-out, are investigated. The
unique section on plate-out provides assistance in the selection and dosage of raw materials
to the PVC processor, based on influencing factors during processing.
Short-term effects of outdoor weathering such as photobluing, photopinking, and photograying are
covered, as well as the extensive developments made by the European PVC industry in sustainability.

Contents
PVC Stabilizers
Additional PVC Additives
Uncharted Territory in PVC Processing: Plate-Out
Uncharted Territory in the Use of PVC Products: Photo Effects
PVC and Sustainability

Biographie:
Dr. Michael Schiller is head of the Innovation and Sustainability Center at Akdeniz Kimya and Managing Director of Akdeniz Kimya, Austria. He was previously R&D Manager and Head of Group R&D at Chemson AG, and has worked in the PVC industry since 1992.
He is a well-known author, editor, and lecturer in the field of PVC and its additives, and is co-volume editor of the Plastics Additives Handbook, 6th edition.