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Plasticizers 
Cadogan, DF; Howick, CJ 
2005 
Yes 
Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. 
Hoboken, NJ 
Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry 
1-20 
English 
is a chapter of 5016693 Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry, 7th edition
A plasticizer is a substance incorporated into a material to increase its flexibility, workability, or distensibility. A plasticizer may reduce the melt viscosity, lower the temperature of the second‐order transition, or lower the elastic modulus of the product. Plasticizers are inert, organic substances with low vapor pressures, predominantly esters, which react physically with high polymers to form a homogeneous physical unit, whether it be by means of swelling or dissolving or any other 1.

At present some 300 plasticizers are manufactured, of which at least 100 are of commercial importance. A list of some of the most widely used plasticizers is given in Table 1. 
7th 
Elvers, B 
9783527329434