What is vinyl

Vinyl is a plastic

Vinyl is short for polyvinyl chloride. This is a plastic that you have surely come across under the common abbreviation PVC. The raw materials for this plastic are rock salt and petroleum. It is produced under very high heat and solidifies to its actual shape at normal ambient temperature.

• Polyvinyl chloride is actually a very hard plastic that becomes easily brittle and is therefore not very stable in its original form. However, if you add plasticizers such as various resins, esters or fats to it, it becomes easily malleable and very resistant. However, some of these emollients are suspected of causing certain diseases such as male Infertility and liver damage favor or negatively affect the hormonal balance of both sexes to intervene.
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• PCV is probably best known to you for the records made from it, which are known as "vinyls" in English-speaking countries because of their material. Also in the German one language this term is often used and in a music store anyone will know what to look for when they ask about a particular vinyl.

Many everyday objects are made of PVC

• The plastic is often used as a practical floor covering. This is a large PVC mat that comes in a myriad of different colors and patterns and which can easily be glued to the existing covering or the pure concrete floor. You will often find PVC flooring in kitchens because it is very resistant, it cannot be damaged by dropped plates and glasses and it is easy to clean.
• However, polyvinyl chloride is also used in many other living areas. Many pipes in your house can be made of this plastic, as can the sheathing for various electrical cables.


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• You probably even pick up PVC every day, because most common plastic cards are made of this material - For example your bank card, insurance card or various customer cards as well as key cards for hotel rooms and similar.