Polyvinyl chloride with the technical abbreviation PVC belongs to the most important plastics commercially produced worldwide. Virgin polyvinyl chloride, so-called rigid PVC, is a traditional, stiff thermoplastic material for the manufacturing of moulded components. Due to integrated additives, rigid PVC loses its stiffness and becomes soft and elastic. Such modified PVC is referred to as plasticized PVC (PVC-P), which is processed almost exclusively into foils and plates.
RCT Reichelt Chemietechnik offers a wide range of foils and plates made of clear uncolored PVC-P for laboratory and research sector, which are characterized by both good weather resistance and good mechanical strength in the temperature range between -30 C and +50 C. Additionally, they have dense, antiadhesive surfaces. Therefore these foils and plates made of plasticized PVC are especially suited for use in outdoor areas, for example for coverings and permanent moisture barriers, particularly since they can be welded together or bonded by means of special adhesives without any problems. Furthermore, foils and plates made of plasticized PVC of Reichelt Chemietechnik feature a high non-flammability. Due to their remarkable electric strength, these foils and plates can also be used for the protection and insulation of electric installations in general electrical device construction and in physical-technical pilot plants.
Foils and plates made of plasticized PVC are sufficiently resistant to acids and alkalies. Fuels and oils, however, increasingly lead to embrittlement due to the gradual leaching of the additives. On the other side, many solvents, in particular halogenated and aromatics, may cause the material to swell and thus to lose its strength. Cyclic ethers such as tetrahydrofuran are able even to dissolve polyvinyl chloride completely.
RCT Reichelt Chemietechnik delivers foils and plates made of plasticized PVC with the shore hardness A 70 in thicknesses of 1 mm to 6 mm and fixed dimensions of 700 mm x 700 mm as well as 1,400 mm x 1,400 mm as proven standard quality.
Moreover, foils and plates made of plasticized PVC with the shore hardness A 80 are available in material thicknesses from 0.5 mm to 6 mm and dimensions of 600 mm x 500 mm as well as 1,500 mm x 1,200 mm. These high-quality semi-finished products contrast with those of the aforementioned standard quality especially by higher tearing strength and improved UV-resistance.
