Article | REF: A3231 V1

Plasticizers

Author: Pierre VERRIER

Publication date: February 10, 1992

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  • Pierre VERRIER: ENSIC engineer (École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques) - Former Research Associate, Exxon Chemical International - Brussels

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Thermoplastics are rarely used without additives. In fact, all the properties required for the finished object call for a skilful dosage of additives with specific action. The adjuvant which increases the flexibility of the polymer is a plasticizer, as defined in ISO 472 (1988) Plastics. Vocabulary is as follows.

Plasticizer: a substance of low or negligible volatility, incorporated into a plastic to lower its softening range, facilitate processing and increase flexibility or extensibility.

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