Polyvinyl chloride – PVC
PVC is a product of great versatility and is more present in our daily lives than we can imagine. Its properties, characteristics, and cost/benefit ratio combined, reveal its application potentialities, making it a product of extreme importance to the industry, but, above all, to mankind.
Polyvinyl chloride has a wide application in the civil construction industry (pipes and connections). The material is not affected by gases or acids, and has the property of being anti-flame and self-extinguishing. That is, if removed from the heat source, the flame goes out immediately. It is widely used in the coating and insulation of electrical cables. It is applied in:
- Pipes and connections
- Floors
- Shower curtains
- Room curtains
- Hoses
- Coating films
- Production of wind blades
- Medical materials