Mechanical properties of poly (vinyl chloride) film doped with micro rare earth neodymium are improved notably. Its tensile strength increases from 36 1 to 52 9 MPa, while its flexibility is increased significantly by adding active silanol extracted from water glass. Both ultraviolet and microwave crosslinking result in samples with satisfactory mechanical properties, and the flexibility of the microwave crosslinked samples is much higher than that of the ultraviolet crosslinked ones.
