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UPVC [1 record]

Record 1 2002-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

Polyvinyl chloride without any plasticizer.

OBS

Ingredients added to polyvinyl chloride, such as stabilizers, lubricants, etc. are not considered as plasticizers in the usual technical sense.

OBS

"Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride" is standardized by ISO.

OBS

See record for "rigid PVC".

Key term(s)
  • unplasticized PVC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
CONT

Le PVC est une matière rigide sans plastifiant, alors que si l'on ajoute celui-ci, il devient flexible, semblable au caoutchouc. [...] Le PVC non plastifié ou à peine plastifié peut être utilisé dans le moulage par réjection, l'extrusion, l'extrusion-soufflage, la pression directe, le calandrage.

CONT

Le PVC rigide (non plastifié) est surtout utilisé pour la fabrication de plaques et de feuilles, de bouteilles (vin, eau minérale), de tuyaux, de volets, de fenêtres, etc.

OBS

Le terme «polychlorure de vinyle non plastifié» est normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales plásticos
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