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Polyvinyl chloride is formed in flat sheets in a variety of thicknesses and colors. As flat sheets, PVC is often expanded to create voids in the interior of the material, providing additional thickness without additional weight and minimal extra cost (see closed-cell PVC foamboard ).
Toy safety is the practice of ensuring that toys, especially those made for children, are safe, usually through the application of set safety standards. In many countries, commercial toys must be able to pass safety tests in order to be sold.
Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H 2 C=CHCl. It is also called vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) or chloroethene. It is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Vinyl chloride is a colourless flammable gas that has a sweet odor and is carcinogenic.
Polymer clay is a type of hardenable modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It typically contains no clay minerals, but like mineral clay a liquid is added to dry particles until it achieves gel-like working properties. Similarly, the part is put into an oven to harden, hence its colloquial designation as clay. [1]
Among the earliest examples in the wave of new polymers were polystyrene (first produced by BASF in the 1930s) [6] and polyvinyl chloride (first created in 1872 but commercially produced in the late 1920s). [6] In 1923, Durite Plastics, Inc., was the first manufacturer of phenol-furfural resins. [137]
The Denmark-based Lego’s adult collectors seemed to have helped it outperform the broader toy industry in 2023. Lego’s revenues grew 2% last year, against an industry that shrunk 7% , notching ...
Some phthalates have been restricted in the European Union for use in children's toys since 1999. [68] [71] DEHP, BBP, and DBP are restricted for all toys; DINP, DIDP, and DNOP are restricted only in toys that can be taken into the mouth. The restriction states that the amount of these phthalates may not be greater than 0.1% mass percent of the ...
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