Application of PVC – A superior material in the fields of Science and Technology

ABSTRACT

This review has focused on the different applications of PVC which makes PVC to be a fundamental component in our daily life. PVC has posted its footsteps in several fields including construction, automotive, health care, electronics, Gardening and agriculture, textiles, packaging and sports equipment. This article deals with a detailed explanation of the necessity of PVC in the above fields. Beginning with the timeline of the birth of plastics eventually leading to the discovery of PVC, this article speaks about the importance of such a substance in each field that could pave the way for the development of human lifestyle. Quoting different slogans and statements of great personalities in between could help the readers to enhance their interest to go through each topic. The advantages and disadvantages of the usage of PVC in each field is also mentioned which could impinge a thought of an alternative modification to compensate for the needs. This article shall prove to be a great tool to understand about the unavoidable necessity of PVC in our daily life.

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KEYWORDS:

• Development
• industrial applications
• polymer
• PVC

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Author contribution

K. J. Arun conceived the structure of the manuscript and wrote the manuscript and M. Meena supervised the overall writing and checked the whole manuscript

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Funding

This research received no external funding.

Notes on contributors

Arun K J

Arun K J is pursuing Doctoral research in Physics (Full-time) under the guidance of Dr. M. Meena at Physics Research Centre, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.

Meena M

Meena M is Assistant professor in department of Physics at S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.