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The world's first 'infinite' plastic. (Image credit: Alamy) By Katherine Latham 11th May 2025. The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there
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Petro‐based and bio‐based plasticizers: Chemical structures
After some generalities concerning plasticization theories and the description of plasticized petro- and bio-based polymers, this review details the well-known different petro-based plasticizers and more particularly phthalates which represent the most important category of PVC plasticizers.
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- What is a modern plasticiser?
- Modern plasticisers (US: plasticizers) are similar and simultaneously different – constituting a wide range of chemistries and molecules, bringing high performance in a wide array of safe and sustainable applications. They are colourless and odourless liquids which cannot be treated as additives like pigments or fillers.
- What is a plasticizer chemistry?
- Plasticizers are the most used additives in the plastics industry. They are generally available as non-volatile, colorless liquids. They improve the properties of the polymer. With several plasticizer chemistries available in the market choosing the right one can be daunting. In this guide, you will read more about:
- What are natural product type plasticizers?
- Vegetable oil derivatives are the most widely used natural product type plasticizers. Products consisting of triglyceride esters of unsaturated fatty acids (e.g., soybean oil, linseed oil) in which the double bonds in the fatty acid residues have typically been epoxidized have been commercial products for decades.
- How much is the European plasticiser industry worth?
- The European plasticiser industry’s market value is €2.12 billion. The EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan is one of the main building blocks of the EU Green Deal. This new action plan targets how products are designed, promoting circular economy processes, sustainab...
- What is a polymeric plasticizer?
- Polymeric plasticizers are typically made from aliphatic dibasic acids such as adipic acid and diols. They are primarily valued for their permanence. These plasticizers are generally classified as polyesters, not adipates. Many have low solvency for PVC and high viscosity. Both these factors can make processing f-PVC compounds difficult.
- How are plasticizers classified?
- Plasticizers are classified based on their chemical composition. It is important to understand the influence of structural elements on the properties of plasticizers and their effect on base polymers. For example, the presence of elements like alcohols in a homologous series of phthalates, and adipates.
