What Is Polyvinyl Acetate?
Polyvinyl acetate (PVA or PVAc) is a thermoplastic polymer with a chemical formula of (C4H6O2)n. It is normally manufactured by the free radical polymerization of vinyl acetate. The procedure involves the reaction of monomer molecules of vinyl acetate by submerging them into water. This results in the formation of a polyvinyl acetate emulsion that is milky white in color. The emulsion fluid can then instantly be processed as a polyvinyl acetate polymer in products comprising the PVAc as a constituent element.