Plasticizers – Benefits, Trends, Health, and Environmental Issues
Plasticizers soften the PVC to make it flexible and bendable. This opens up a huge range of possibilities for new applications. One of the main benefits of plasticizers is the durability they confer onto PVC applications, which can ensure high performances for up to 50 years.
Recent Developments of Biobased Plasticizers and Their Effect on
This review paper covers the utilization of traditional and biobased plasticizers for PVC plasticization, and their effect on environmental, mechanical, and thermal properties has been reported. Cited By This article is cited by 53 publications. Chetan V. Rajput, Rupa B. Mukherjee, Nandhibatla V. Sastry, Navin P. Chikhaliya.
Synthesis and properties of castor oil based plasticizers
Plasticizers prepared from vegetable oils mainly include epoxy vegetable oils, 5–8 and epoxidized fatty acid esters. 9 In these types of plasticizers, the presence of the epoxy group makes the plasticizers have a better plasticizing effect on PVC and plays a role as stabilizer. 10 When heated, PVC undergoes autocatalytic dehydrochlorination,
Title: A Review on Plasticizers and Eco-Friendly Bioplasticizers
Plasticizers are chemical additives added into polymers to influence desirable mechanical properties such as processability and ductility. These properties are a result of the association of...
Production Technologies of Various Types of Environmentally Friendly
The influence of the types of plasticizer oils on the performance properties of rubber products and tires is described. Products from oil processing and organic synthesis are widely used as plasticizers and softeners for production of tires, tubber products, and rubber [ 1, 2, 3 ].
- Are plasticizers environmentally friendly?
- Four environmentally friendly plasticizer samples were obtained; their chemical structures and compositions were confirmed by gas chromatography (GC) and infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR) analyses, and their physicochemical properties and thermal stability (TGA analysis) were investigated.
- How are plasticizers characterized?
- The produced plasticizers were characterized by GC, TGA, FTIR, and physicochemical properties. Their plasticizing performance was mainly evaluated by the analysis of physicochemical properties, mechanical properties, and plasticizer migration of the soft PVC samples and was compared with those of the commercial plasticizers DINP and DEHP.
- What factors influence the design of efficient plasticizers?
- Numerous parameters such as solubility, polarity, and structural compatibility are considered important and can influence the designing of efficient plasticizers. In this context, a plethora of research has given their structural attributes along with their compatibility with different elastomers and plastics.
- Why are phthalate plasticizers becoming bioplasticizers?
- Owing to health concerns, depletion of crude resources and other factors, there is a gradual drift from traditional phthalate plasticizers to bioplasticizers in the plastic industry. Bioplasticizers are derived mainly from biomass sources including agricultural products, it’s by-products and waste.
- Do plasticizers have a higher migration resistance?
- The migration of all synthesized plasticizers was significantly lower than that observed for the monomeric DINP and DEHP (approx. 70% lower migration for each plasticizer content). All produced esters were then characterized by superior migration resistance.
- Are plasticizers biodegradable?
- Plasticizers are additives used to ensure flexibility to polymer blends and thereby to increase their processability. As the typical plastic component phthalates and other fossil-based components contribute environmental issues since such compounds are not biodegradable.
