How Polyvinylidene Chloride Is Produced?

The electrolysis of salt water produces chlorine. The chlorine is then combined with ethylene that has been obtained from oil. The resulting element is ethylene dichloride, which is converted at very high temperatures to vinyl chloride monomer

vinyl chloride monomer
Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C=CHCl that is also called vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) or chloroethene. This colorless compound is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). ... Vinyl chloride is a gas with a sweet odor.
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. These monomer molecules are polymerized forming polyvinyl chloride resin.

How do you make PVC?

How are PVC Pipes Made?
  1. Feeding of raw material pellets / powder into the PVC twin screw extruder.
  2. Melting and heating in multiple extruder zones.
  3. Extruding through a die to shape into a pipe.
  4. Cooling of the shaped pipe.
  5. Cutting of PVC pipes to the desired length.

Where is vinyl chloride produced?

It can be formed in the environment when soil organisms break down chlorinated solvents. Vinyl chloride that is released by industries or formed by the breakdown of other chlorinated chemicals can enter the air and drinking water supplies. Vinyl chloride is a common contaminant found near landfills.

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