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HERO ID
680249
Reference Type
Book/Book Chapter
Title
Plasticizers
Author(s)
Cadogan, DF; Howick, CJ
Year
2005
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Publisher
Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.
Location
Hoboken, NJ
Book Title
Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
Page Numbers
1-20
Language
English
DOI
10.1002/14356007.a20_439
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Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry, 7th edition
Abstract
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.
Edition
7th
Editor(s)
Elvers, B
ISBN
9783527329434
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