One of the most versatile plastics in the world started as an incident some 80 years ago in a rubber scientist laboratory. The German chemist first created polyvinyl chloride ( PVC) in 1872, but was not patented until 1913. This wasn’t until 1926, when Waldo Lonsbury, who worked as a B.F professor, was busily looking for a synthetic adhesive. Goodrich Co., inventing PVC(vinyl),1 PVC items like insulated pipe, coats of rain and cabinets of showers soon after their discovery reached the market. As more uses for vinyl have been discovered, the industry has developed more ways to manufacture and process new plastic.
In the 1930s, plants making PVC started to grow to meet demand. Just ten years after its launch, vinyl was pursued for a variety of industrial applications. After World War II, vinyl manufacturers quickly found new demand for sustainable plastics, particularly as news of durability and flame-resistance spread.
Five companies developed PVC at the midpoint of the century and the revolutionary uses were unveiled over the 1950s and 1960s. Boots, fabric coatings, inflatable structures and methods for improving the longevity of vinyl have been finished with vinyl based latex, opening the door to applications in the construction industry.
Vinyl’s energy and environmental attributes
Reduced material use
About 50% of vinyl is derived from salt, one of the world’s richest resources. Meanwhile, advances in formulations render today ‘s goods exceptionally durable, thereby saving replacement materials and needing less maintenance over their useful lives. Vinyl products, such as lacquer and clamping, without paint, stain or intense cleaning, may replace wood products that need such treatments on a regular basis directly. The need for asphalt, tar and other materials used for built-up roofing (BUR) is removed by vinyl roofing and is also easily maintained without additional resources. The material is also cheaper to transport, reducing the amount of fuel and other resources needed for transport, than most other construction materials.
Reduced heating/cooling loads
Vinyl roofing membranes are usually colored light and also called ‘reflective’ roof surfaces. This makes buildings cool down and decreases energy consumption in hot weather for air conditioning.
Vinyl doors and windows retain capacity. For example, vinyl window frame chambers are resistant to heat transfer. Frames and sash corners are fused to provide great strength, air and plumbing solutions. Most items for vinyl windows and glass doors meet Energy Star requirements.
Creating a healthy indoor environment
Solid, smooth surfaces of vinyl wall coverings and floors promote the cleaning, the opportunities for dust mites, animal dander and other asthma-related allergies to proliferate. While vinyl wall coverings are often associated with problems with mildew, the main cause is condensation from warm humid air that infiltrate the wall.Nevertheless, the vinyl covering wall manufacturers have taken steps to deal with this matter by means of innovations such as mildew-resistant walls and adhesives, or “micro ventilated” wall coverings that allow moisture to escape from behind a wall. Such issues are addressed by taking corrective steps, such as removing, fixing or rebuilding parts of water network pipes. Ancient water sources are also susceptible to degradation and expansion, so environmental engineers and structural engineers who work in urban water and wastewater systems, in conjunction with construction engineering consultancies, have made PVC plastic water pipe the most commonly used water delivery medium.
The PVC pipe is naturally resistant to both external and internal corrosion underground. The widely developed chemicals in sanitary sewers have no effect on the stuff. When combined with water treatments, the smooth inner surface of PVC pipes provides great resistance to corrosive biofilm. PVC pipe does neither deteriorate nor break up from attacks by bacteria or other microorganisms nor function as a bacterial growth nutrient.