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Global Engineering Documents and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association Announce the Release of the Electrical Polyvinyl-Chloride Tubing and Conduit Standard.


ROSSLYN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999--

NEMA NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
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, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association This article is about the standards association NEMA. For other uses, see Nema.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association or NEMA is a U.S.
, in cooperation with Global Engineering Documents, the world's leading distributor of industry, U.S. and International standards, announces the release of NEMA's Electrical Polyvinyl Chloride polyvinyl chloride (PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made.  (PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.
PVC
 in full polyvinyl chloride

Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide.
) Tubing and Conduit, TC 2-1998, standard.

Available for immediate delivery through Global Engineering Documents, this standard for tubing and conduit in both above and below-ground use, lists dimensions and other significant requirements and describes some of the properties of such products. It also helps the user select and obtain the proper product for a particular need.

"TC 2 is a voluntary standard created by manufacturers of nonmetallic non·me·tal·lic  
adj.
1. Not metallic.

2. Chemistry Of, relating to, or being a nonmetal.

Adj. 1.
 conduit," says David Kendall

For other persons of the same name, see Kendall.


David Kendall is the name of several people:
  • David E. Kendall is a prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer who served as the personal attorney of President Clinton during the Impeachment.
, manager of technical services at Carlon/Lamson & Sessions. "It allows end-users, such as utilities, to review dimensional requirements, material properties and physical characteristics of schedule 40 and 80 conduit. It may be referenced by the end-user or design engineer within the construction specifications and is harmonized with Underwriter Laboratories Inc. standard UL651 -- Schedule 40 and 80 PVC Conduit. This latest revision also includes, for the first time, an eight inch size conduit."

About NEMA

NEMA, headquartered in Rosslyn, Va., is the leading U.S. organization representing and serving electroindustry companies.

About Global Engineering Documents

Englewood, Colo.-based Global Engineering Documents, an IHS IHS

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 Group company, is the world's premier distributor of industry, government, U.S., international and non-U.S. national standards, specifications and other technical publications in hardcopy format. Global serves more than 60,000 customers in 120 countries. IHS Group companies also publish energy, technical, regulatory, and engineering information in various database formats.

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