Specialty Minerals Inc.’s (SMI’s) varied precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) product line gives formulators numerous options in achieving physical property targets for demanding rigid PVC applications

Click on a product name to download the product’s data sheet. Click here to download a brochure on Tuffgard^® PCC in rigid PVC. For a review of the basic principles of using mineral fillers in rigid or unplasticized polyvinyl chloride, click here to download the SMI brochure. For more information on SMI’s calcium carbonates for PVC, click here.

SMI’s ultrafine and fine talcs can be used to increase the flexural modulus or stiffness of rigid PVC products. Click here to read more.

Learn more:

• SMI minerals for plastics
• SMI minerals for rigid PVC
• SMI minerals for PVC window and door profiles
• SMI minerals for PVC fence and decking
• SMI minerals for PVC siding
• SMI minerals for calendared and thermoformed rigid PVC
• SMI minerals for injected-molded PVC
  
  
• Ground calcium carbonate (GCC) in plastics uses
• Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) in plastics uses
• Talc in plastics uses
  
  
• What is Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC)/Limestone? A minerals introductory webpage
• What is Precipitated Calcium Carbonate? A minerals introductory webpage
• What is Nano Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC)? A minerals introductory webpage
• What is Talc? A minerals introductory webpage
  
  
• Impact Fundamentals
• PVC Compounding Technology Fundamentals
  
  
• SMI minerals in automotive products. See the parts of your car that are made with Specialty Minerals products.
• SMI minerals in housing. See the places Specialty Minerals products are used around your house.
  
  
• Download technical data sheets for Specialty Minerals products
• “Fillers in PVC – A Review of the Basics” - download brochure
• “The Effect of Calcium Carbonate Size and Loading Level On the Impact Performance  of Rigid PVC Compounds Containing Varying Amounts Of Acrylic Impact Modifier” - download publication
• “Increasing the Flexural Modulus of Rigid PVC at Elevated Temperatures” - download publication
  
  
• Request a sample