PVC material properties:

Density of 1380 kg/m3
Young's modulus of elasticity (E), 2900-3400 MPa
Tensile strength (sigma t) 50-80 MPa
Elongation @ break 20-40%
Notch test 2-5 kJ/m2
Glass transition temperature of 87 ºC
Melting point is 212 ºC
Vicat B1 85 ºC
Thermal conductivity (lambda) 0.16 W/m.K
Coefficient of thermal expansion (alpha) 8 10-5 / K
The heat capacity (c) 0.9 kJ/(kg · K)
Water absorption (ASTM) 0.04 to 0.4
The refractive index of hard molding product is 1.52 ~ 1.55
Price 0.5 1.25 euro/kg
The melt index of 6-9 g / 10 min

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is the biggest characteristic of flame retardant, so is widely used in fire protection applications.But the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the process of combustion will release hydrogen chloride and other toxic gases, such as dioxin.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) combustion can be divided into two steps.In 240 ºC to 340 ºC before burning decomposition of hydrogen chloride gas and alkadiene contain a double bond, and then in 400-470 ºC carbon burning.