Shintech plans big PVC plant.Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, plans a $1 billion investment in PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. production through its Shintech Inc. subsidiary in Houston. Shintech's first integrated U.S. PVC facility will produce 2.1 billion lb/yr of chlorine and caustic soda caustic soda: see sodium hydroxide. caustic soda Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), an inorganic compound. The alkalies called caustic soda and caustic potash (potassium hydroxide) are very important industrial chemicals, with uses in the manufacture of , 1.65 billion lb of vinyl chloride vinyl chloride or chloroethylene Colourless, flammable, toxic gas (H2C=CHCl), belonging to the family of organic compounds of halogens. It is produced in very large quantities and used principally to make PVC, as well as in other syntheses and in monomer monomer (mŏn`əmər): see polymer. monomer Molecule of any of a class of mostly organic compounds that can react with other molecules of the same or other compounds to form very large molecules (polymers). , and 1.3 billion lb of PVC. The first phase, due by the end of 2006, will include 660 million lb/yr of PVC. The second phase is planned for late 2007. Possible locations are in Freeport, Texas, and in Louisiana. |
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