Polypropylene
Polypropylene Polypropylene is currently one of the fastest growing polymers. Much of this growth is attributed to polypropylene’s ability to displace conventional materials (wood, glass, metal) and other thermoplastics at lower cost. Polypropylene (PP) is a tough, rigid plastic and produced in a variety of molecular weights and crystallinities. Polypropylene is made from the […]
PVC
PVC Vinyl chlorine monomer (‘VCM’) is the primary raw material used in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (‘PVC’) resins and is produced by the reaction of ethylene and chlorine, which produces EDC that is then transformed into VCM by thermal cracking. PVC resin is then formed by the polymerization of VCM. PVC is made as […]
Polyethylene
LDPE Low density polyethylene (LDPE) resins from PROPLAST are thermoplastics made from the polymerization of ethylene in autoclave or tubular reactors at very high pressures. Unlike low-pressure polymerization technologies, high-pressure polymerization allows the co-polymerization of ethylene with polar comonomers, such as vinyl acetate or butyl acrylate. The polymer is characterized by a highly-branched polymer structure. […]
