ABS stormwarer fittings and PVC stormwater pipe fittings in Perth are non-toxic and resistant to abrasion and therefore well suited in the manufacture of  pipes.  ABS is an acronym for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and PVC is polyvinyl chloride.

Know you pipe fittings!

Did you know that PVC was accidentally synthesized by German chemist Eugen Baumann in 1872 ? After exposure to sunlight, the polymer appeared as a white solid material inside a flask of vinyl chloride. In the early 20th century the Russian chemist Ivan Ostromislensky and Fritz Klatte of the German chemical company Griesheim-Elektron both attempted to use PVC in commercial products, but difficulties in processing the rigid, sometimes brittle polymer thwarted their efforts. Waldo Semon and the B.F. Goodrich Company developed a method in 1926 to plasticize PVC by blending it with various additives. The result was a more flexible and more easily processed material that soon achieved widespread commercial use.

And what about ABS pipe fittings?

ABS’s light weight and ability to be injection molded and extruded make it useful in manufacturing products such as drain-waste-vent (DWV) pipe systems, musical instruments (recorders, plastic clarinets, and piano movements), golf club heads (because of its good shock absorbance), automotive trim components, automotive bumper bars, medical devices for blood access, enclosures for electrical and electronic assemblies, protective headgear, whitewater canoes, buffer edging for furniture and joinery panels, luggage and protective carrying cases, small kitchen appliances, and toys, including Lego and Kre-O bricks. Household and consumer goods are the major applications of ABS. Keyboard keycaps are commonly made out of ABS. 

Interesting

ABS plastic ground down to an average diameter of less than 1 micrometer is used as the colorant in some tattoo inks.Tattoo inks that use ABS are extremely vivid.