Patent ID: 6797753
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: C08K

Abstract:
A plasticized vinyl chloride composition, comprising:(a) about 100 parts by weight of at least one vinyl chloride resin; (b) about 10 to 230 parts by weight of a primary plasticizer compounded with said at least one vinyl chloride resin, wherein said plasticizer comprises a fatty acid product derived from a vegetable oil having at least 80% by weight of unsaturated fatty acids, wherein said unsaturated fatty acids are substantially fully esterified with a monool or a polyol, and said esterified unsaturated fatty acids have been substantially fully epoxidized; wherein, in said vegetable oil derived plasticizer, (1) said fatty acid product is derived from direct esterification of fatty acids of said vegetable oil with a monool or a polyol; (2) said fatty acid product is derived from transesterification of said vegetable oil with monools or polyols; (3) said fatty acid product is derived from said vegetable oil interesterified with another vegetable oil having a higher degree of unsaturation; and/or (4) said fatty acid product is derived from fatty acids from said vegetable oil esterified with a monool and interesterified with a polysaccharide carboxylic acid ester.