Material incorporated into rubber and plastic in order to increase their flexibility and workability.
Are usually low-melting solids or high-boiling organic liquids which, when added to hard plastics, impart flexibility. They have varying degrees of softening action and solvating ability resulting from a reduction or intermolecular forces in the polymer.
Chemical additives used to bond together molecules in plastics to produce desired physical properties.
substances that bring about softening of plastics; in a physical sense, plasticizing means decreasing the glass transition temperature (Tg) of a polymeric material, generally to a point below room temperature so that plastics that are initially hard, rigid, and brittle become soft, flexible, and impact resistant
Liquid additives, such as phthalate esters, used to soften rigid polymers.
Small, often volatile molecules that are added to hard, stiff plastics to make them softer and more flexible.
Materials incorporated mechanically in plastics (usually PVC) to increase flexibility, workability or distensibility; due to the non-chemical inclusion, plasticizers leach out from the plastic and are found in body fluids and the general environment.
