Palm oil-based compound as environmentally friendly plasticizer for poly(vinyl chloride)

• Main Authors: Ang, D.T.C., Khong, Y.K., Gan, S.N.
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2016
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18307/; https://doi.org/10.1002/vnl.21434

Many plasticizers have been invented to serve the purpose of making poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) into a more flexible plastic. In this work, the potential of palm oil-based compound (Palm1) as a polymeric plasticizer for PVC was investigated. Plasticization of PVC was conducted via the solvent casting...