What is the Film - What does film mean??

As a general term film can simply be used to refer to any thin layer of material thin is a relative term but modern manufacturing techniques are capable of creating layers that are anything from fractions of a nanometre nm 0 000 000 001 metres to several micrometres m 0 000 001 metres In labelling the term is used to refer more specifically to a thin transparent or opaque material manufactured from synthetic polymers e g polyester polyethylene polyolefin vinyl etc and used to create face materials and backing sheets in pressure sensitive labels

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Vinyl (PVC) - What is vinyl?

Definition of VINYL PVC:

Vinyl is a term commonly used to refer to polyvinyl chloride; a synthetic plastic that is used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of items. Polyvinyl chloride is flexible, durable, strong, and (perhaps most importantly) highly reactive, which means PVC is very easy to convert and can be produced with the precise properties required for a particular application. Unmodified PVC is converted by adding a selection of additives that will determine the final properties of the finished PVC that is used to make products; additives include heat and UV stabilisers, lubricants, plasticisers, flame retardants, fillers, and pigments, amongst many others.

In labelling, vinyl is commonly used to make films, which form either the face material of a label or act as a protective and decorative coating for a face material.

Rolls of vinyl film in a range of colours against a white background.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the word vinyl:
Label Planet (2020) What is vinyl? | Vinyl (PVC) Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/vinyl-pvc/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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