Abstract
The PVC plasticizers Brazilian market is around 200 kton per year, leading to the study of new alternatives in relation to diethyl hexyl phthalate (DEHP or DOP, dioctyl phthalate), the most used plasticizer in the country. Despite its low cost and good performance, DEHP is forbidden to be applied in some products, as it eventually can contaminate these products and their users. In the wor…