What is Polyvinylchloride and what do we use it for?

From wiki: Polyvinyl chloride colloquial: polyvinyl, vinyl; abbreviated: PVC is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer. About 40 million tons of PVC are produced each year. PVC comes in two basic forms: rigid and flexible.
Formula: (C2H3Cl)n
Melting point: 100 °C (212 °F) to 260 °C (500 °F)
ChEBI ID: 53243
Glass Transition Temperature: 82 °C (180 °F)
Effective heat of combustion: 17.95 MJ/kg
Maximum temperature: 140°F wikipedia.org

[@Seasquares]

Good talk. Very relevant today with the explosion. Came here for some facts.

[@jeprodigalson792]

Does the military use this for anything?

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Is there a reaction i could cause to see if this is in water instead of waiting and praying the epa or whoever to tell us weekly. They stopped the ohio river and i wondered about flooding and backflow of chemicals into streams and creeks up north that were originally flowing south. Thank you for your studies

[@jusrayne]

It was actually vinylidene chloride in those trains nuclear waist way worse they lied

[@ashg1587]

What if we NEED to break it down nothing can do it?

[@ashg1587]

Is there some way to pull the chlorine out?

[@oalk6069]

Thanks for the video and the real life examples! I wish you'd stop using (right) a lot though! Best of luck!

[@TaylorSparks]

Ha!! Tough habit to break, amirite?

[@magnuswootton6181]

this teaches us nothing. we are sorrounded by it, but we know nothing about it.

[@gordtvradio3465]

You say “right” way too much

[@TaylorSparks]

Right?

[@jusrayne]

@@TaylorSparks 😆