Editing Tin (section)

====PVC stabilizers====
The major commercial application of organotin compounds is in the stabilization of [[PVC]] plastics. In the absence of such stabilizers, PVC would rapidly degrade under heat, light, and atmospheric oxygen, resulting in discolored, brittle products. Tin scavenges labile [[chloride]] ions (Cl<sup>−</sup>), which would otherwise strip HCl from the plastic material.<ref name="Atkins">{{cite book|pages=343, 345|isbn=978-0-7167-4878-6|title=Inorganic chemistry|author=Atkins, Peter|author2=Shriver, Duward F.|author3=Overton, Tina|author4=Rourke, Jonathan|name-list-style=amp|edition=4th|publisher=W.H. Freeman|date=2006}}</ref> Typical tin compounds are carboxylic acid derivatives of dibutyltin dichloride, such as [[dibutyltin dilaurate]].<ref>{{cite book | url = {{google books |plainurl=y |id=YUkJNI9QYsUC|page=108}} | page = 108 | title = PVC handbook | isbn = 978-1-56990-379-7 | last1 = Wilkes | first1 = Charles E. | last2 = Summers | first2 = James W. | last3 = Daniels | first3 = Charles Anthony | last4 = Berard | first4 = Mark T. | date = August 2005 | publisher = Hanser | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160509212043/https://books.google.com/books?id=YUkJNI9QYsUC&pg=PA108 | archive-date = 2016-05-09 }}</ref>