1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 COMMERCIAL PVC RESINS 16
3 COMMERCIAL PVC COMPOUNDS 40
4 ELEMENTARY FORMULATION AND COMPOUNDING PRINCIPLES 67
5 GENERAL ASPECTS OF PLASTICISERS 76
6 CHOICE OF PLASTICISER 100
7 SOME COMMERCIAL PLASTICISERS 115
8 COMPOUNDING WITH MONOMERIC PLASTICISERS 138
9 COMPOUNDING WITH POLYMERIC PLASTICISERS 150
10 FILLERS IN PVC 161
11 STABILISERS 177
12 COMMERCIAL STABILISERS 203
13 SOME MISCELLANEOUS COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS 225
14 COMPOUNDING PVC FOR SPECIAL PROPERTIES 251
15 THE PRODUCTION OF PVC COMPOUNDS 265
16 EXTRUDERS AND EXTRUSION 281
17 INJECTION MOULDING OF PVC 307
18 BLOW-MOULDING OF PVC 315
19 CALENDERING AND MOULDING 323
20 LOW PRESSURE MOULDING METHODS 336
21 PVC SHEETING AND ITS FABRICATION 349
22 COMPOUNDING AND PROPERTIES OF RIGID PVC 371
23 PROCESSING RIGID PVC(UPVC)AND PIPES 385
24 PVC PASTES:PROPERTIES AND FORMULATION 393
25 PREPARATION,PROCESSING AND APPLICATION OF PASTES 419
26 PVC LATICES 435
27 VINYL SOLUTIONS AND ADHESIVES 469
28 CELLULAR VINYL PRODUCTS 478
29 APPLICATIONS OF PVC 498
APPENDIX 1 Standards Relevant to PVC and Vinyl Materials． 504
APPENDIX 2 Units,Conversions,Definitions． 526
INDEX 537