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The smaller sizes are more flexible. Colder temps affect flexibility.
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Can you repair a bicycle tire with PVC cement vice contact cement?
You can repair small punctures with PVC cement, but the results will not be optimal. To repair a tire (inner tube), you need a solvent that will disolve a bit of the top layer of the rubber tube and the bottom layer of the patch. Then, as the solvent dries, the two, together with the added rubber in the rubber cement, become one. this gives a strong, flexible, air tight seal. The solvents in PVC cement fill the bill for disolving the rubber. But instead of a flexible rubber base, it's relatively inflexible PVC. Your repair will be air tight, but far less flexible than it would be with rubber cement. This may, in the long term, lead to stress failure at the edge of your patch.
Who installs sump pumps?
Sump pumps can be installed by almost any intelligent handyman. Piping can be fixed PVC or flexible tube as long as it leads outside or to a regular drain.
What does PVC stand for?
The answer is somewhat complex sounding, but basically describes the chemical composition of the, "PVC" Pipe you are probably wondering about. Materials are cool! If you are looking for alternative acronyms for, "PVC" check out, :http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/PVChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloridePolyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Poly(chloroethanediyl)) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer consisting of vinyl groups (ethenyls) that are bound to chlorine.Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene.[3] Over 50% of PVC manufactured is used in construction,[citation needed] because it is cheap, durable, and easy to assemble. PVC production is expected to exceed 40 million tons by 2016.[4]It can be made softer and more flexible by the addition of plasticizers, the most widely used being phthalates. In this form, it is used in clothing and upholstery, and to make flexible hoses and tubing, flooring, to roofing membranes, and electrical cable insulation. It is also commonly used in figurines and in inflatable products such as waterbeds, pool toys, and inflatable structures.citation: wikipedia.com
What is the full name for PVC?
PVC = polyvynlchloride
What is SR PVC?
Semi-Rigid PVC
How do you define flexible PVC?
Flexible PVC
Does hcl acid react with PVC?
Depends on what king of PVC and what's the concentration of the acid. For example the 35% HCl damages the flexible PVC on 50°C, but the rigid PVC not... (The flexible PVC become rigid I think.)
What makes PVC more flexible?
plastersizers
What glue should be used to seal flexible PVC into concrete?
None. PVC is not made to be glued to concrete.
Is PVC pipe flexible?
The smaller sizes are more flexible. Colder temps affect flexibility.
Why PVC is soft and flexible whereas bakelite is hard and brittle?
Bemakjhs
What is the thermal conductivity of flexible PVC?
0.14 - 0.17 W*m^-1*K^-1
Is flexible PVC OK for buried pool suction and return lines?
I have never seen flexible PVC. However It does not seem like a good idea to use flexible piping for the suction side of the system especial y with the weight of fill on top of it. even on the pressure side there could be problems with the possibility that the weight of the fill on top of the tubing would eventualy flatten it.
How do you make soft PVC compound?
PVC in its native state is fairly rigid. Flexible PVC ("Vinyl") is made by adding plasticizers to the material. In the old days, compounds such as octyl phthalate were simply added into the mix and would slowly leach out or evaporate over time; this is why old vinyl used to get brittle after a while. The modern method is to introduce internal plasticizers which are actually part of the (mostly) PVC molecule; these cannot leach out and keep the vinyl flexible.
Why do plastics such as PVC become brittle with age?
PVC is kind of brittle to start with, though it becomes more brittle with age if exposed to sunlight, because UV rays break some of the bonds in the molecules. "Vinyl" (flexible PVC) is flexible because it has additional compounds called "plasticizers" added to it. Over time, these can leach out, again leading to a more rigid and brittle material.
Can you use plumbers glue on a PVC inflatable boat?
NO. Although you may have plumbers PVC glue, it doesn't work well with flexible PVC like an inflatable. -Better products are Aqua Seal (available in Walmart Sports Dept) or 3M Marine Adhesive.
What are the ingredients used in PVC pipe manufacturing?
Carbon, hydrogen, chlorine. If it's flexible, there's probably some oxygen in there as well. Rigid PVC is poly(vinyl chloride), where vinyl chloride is ethene with one of the hydrogens replaced by a chlorine atom. Flexible PVC ... sometimes called simply "vinyl" ... has additives like octyl phthalate (which contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen) that keep the polymer swollen and flexible.
