Nowadays, among the engineering plastics on the market, there are two materials that are very common in both home improvement and engineering decoration. These two materials are PC and PVC materials, so is there any difference between PC and PVC?

First, PC is polycarbonate, known as transparent alloy, with very high mechanical strength. Polycarbonate is colorless and transparent, heat-resistant, impact-resistant, and flame-retardant. It is a colorless and transparent qualitative thermoplastic material. Due to its colorless transparency and excellent impact resistance, common daily applications include optical discs, resin glasses, water glasses, kitchen supplies (juicers, etc.), bulletproof glass, goggles, headlights, etc.

Second, PVC, polyvinyl chloride, PVC itself is also a colorless and transparent hard material, but more brittle than PC, transparency is not as good as PC, other mechanical properties are also far from PC. It is currently the second most produced general-purpose plastic and the most widely used plastic, but PVC can be added with a lot of plasticizers, and after adding it can be made into soft PVC. PVC can also be arbitrarily colored to make various transparent and opaque color products, so PVC is currently the most widely used plastic, and the price is only about 1/2 to 1/4 of that of PC.

III. How to distinguish:

1. PC is a polycarbonate plastic, which belongs to the category of engineering plastics. It has good transparency, high strength, and good weather resistance. It is often used for optical products, optical discs, and sun panels. PC board manufacturers usually use polycarbonate to make PC endurance boards and PC sun panels.

2. PVC is a polyvinyl chloride plastic, which belongs to the category of general-purpose plastics. Rigid (without plasticizer) PVC products are commonly used as plastic doors and windows, water pipes, threading pipes, plates, etc. Soft (with plasticizer) PVC products are commonly used in films, soft boards, flexible films, hoses, and medical products (such as infusion bags, etc.).

3. PVC is one of the largest plastic products in the world. It is inexpensive and widely used. PVC resin is white or light yellow powder. According to different uses, different additives can be added, and PVC plastics can exhibit different physical and mechanical properties.

Adding an appropriate amount of plasticizer to polyvinyl chloride resin can produce a variety of hard, soft, and transparent products.

4, PC is the three major application fields of engineering plastics are glass assembly industry, automotive industry and electronics, electrical industry, followed by industrial machinery parts, CD-ROM, packaging, computer and other office equipment, medical and health care, film, leisure and protective equipment. PC can be used as door and window glass, PC laminate is widely used in banks, embassies, detention centers and public places of protective windows, for aircraft cabin cover, lighting equipment, industrial safety baffles and bulletproof glass.

The above is the difference between PC and PVC as well as the small way to distinguish them. Although the difference is only one word, the difference is very large. If you want to know more about PC endurance board and PC sun board, please contact us.