Impact Modifiers for PVC: The History and Practice

by John T. Lutz

Provides the reader with an historical perspective on the development of materials used to toughen brittle plastics--like PVC and its copolymers--during the melt compounding process. In addition to a chronology of inventions and innovations, it features the Impact Modification Theory, its practical use (including choice of modifier, formulation and applications) and commercially available modifiers.

Paperback

First published December 11, 1991