Ethylene vinyl acetate or eva is a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate with a structure as shown below.
Ethylene vinyl acetate structure.
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It is not vulcanized but has some of the properties of a rubber or of plasticized polyvinyl chloride particularly at the higher end of the range.
As the va content increases crystallinity decreases until at 50 the eva is totally amorphous.
Ethylene vinyl acetate polymer.
Ethylene vinyl acetate is a type of plastic a polymer with a wide variety of uses both residential and industrial.
The food and drug administration fda has stated that ethylene vinyl acetate is safe when used in food production packaging or transportation and it s not an especially dangerous material.
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The va comonomer interferes with chain packing reducing crystallinity and thus lowering tm and improving transparency when compared with ldpe.
It is an extremely elastic and tough thermoplastic of excellent clarity and gloss and with little odor.
Ethylene vinyl acetate eva is a random copolymer of ethylene and varying amounts of vinyl acetate va.
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The eva copolymer which is based on a medium proportion of va approximately 4 to 30 is referred to as thermoplastic ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and is a thermoplastic elastomer material.