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In the last decades, research on nanostructured materials as additives for plastics involved several polymeric matrices, but only limited studies and publications involve PVC. In this work, the context of rigid application of PVC (U-PVC) for pipes application was targeted, in order to test and evaluate the structural and functional role of different nanoadditives on the final properties of the materials.
The goals of the study were focused on industrial needs and was carried on involving seven relevant PVC pipe producers in Italy within a 3-year study. To match the needs of producers and compounders, two conventional rigid U-PVC formulations for water distribution and sewage were modified with nanomaterials in variable amounts from 0.31 to 2.5 phr.
Nanoadditives were selected considering their commercial availability in industrial quantities, and materials processing was based on pilot-scale machinery fully compliant with production plant equipments.
