Degradable plasticizers come from plants.

A new line of ester compounds for plasticizing PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.

PVC
in full polyvinyl chloride

Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. toys, medical devices, and flooring are plant-derived and biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action.

bi·o·de·grad·a·ble
adj. . They come from CPH Innovations, the R&D affiliate of C.P. Hall Co., Chicago. New Hallgreen additives reportedly perform as well as plasticizers plasticizers

mostly triaryl phosphates, such as tricresyl, triphenyl phosphates, which are poisonous. See also triorthocresyl phosphate. derived from petroleum. Tel: 877-4CPHALL * PT Direct. 258EV

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Title Annotation:	Additives
Publication:	Plastics Technology
Date:	Apr 1, 2005
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