PVC Handbook

In this single handbook, the editors aim to give a diverse audience of readers a complete account of all aspects of PVC - from monomer manufacture to polymerization; the gamut of such additives as stabilizers, lubricants, plasticizers, impact modifiers, fillers and reinforcing agents; blends and alloys; compounding and processing; characterization; combustion resistance and weatherability; product engineering design; applications; environmental and safety; and finally the PVC industry dynamics.

The handbook contains both practical formulation information as well as a mechanistic view of why PVC behaves as it does.

The 2nd edition is comprehensively updated throughout, with all-new chapters on PVC recycling, sustainability, and decarbonization.

Richard P. Krock is founder and Principal of VyChlor Advisors, LLC, Westlake, OH, advising the chlor-vinyl and plastics recycling industries on critical regulatory requirements and sustainability aspects. He was previously, until 2021, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs at the Vinyl Institute, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Michael Schiller is founder and owner of HMS Concept e.U., a consultancy company for chemical, environmental, and plastic technology in Arnoldstein/Austria. He was previously head of the Innovation and Sustainability Center at Akdeniz Kimya and Managing Director of Akdeniz Kimya, Austria. Before that, he was R&D Manager and Head of Group R&D at Chemson AG, and has worked in the PVC industry since 1992.