Poly-ε-caprolactone plasticizer and vinyl polymer composition plasticized thereby

摘要

Use of low molecular weight e -caprolactone homopolymers having an average molecular weight of at least about 500 g/mol. and no more than about 2000 g/mol. as a plasticizer for vinylic polymer compositions. The plasticizers may be incorporated into vinylic polymer compositions, such as PVC compositions and give the vinylic polymer composition into which they are incorporated properties approximating those which contain traditional plasticizers, such as DOP, DOA and TOTM while avoiding various disadvantages associated therewith.