Westlake Chemical, Houston, TX, announced it is planning for a phased start-up of its vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride facilities.Westlake Chemical, Houston, TX, announced it is planning for a phased start-up of its 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 and 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. facilities in Geismar, LA. Westlake acquired these facilities from Borden Chemical in December 2002, and has been operating the ethylene dichloride di·chlo·ride n. A chemical compound containing two chlorine atoms bound to another element or radical. Also called bichloride. Noun 1. portion of the plant since November 2003. |
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