Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the most versatile thermoplastics on the market today. Applications range from food packaging, to laboratory workstations, to home construction. Material advantages include excellent strength-to-weight ratio and superior flame resistance, and high heat distortion. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or “vinyl” is an amorphous thermoplastic material with excellent chemical resistance and dielectric properties, good tensile, flexural and mechanical strength, low moisture absorption, exceptional dimensional stability and good flammability characteristics.

Type 1 rigid PVC flat panels are a high corrosion resistant material with normal impact properties and is used where chemical attack is the major concern.