PVA sau ua rau polyvinyl alcohol khoom siv uas tsim nyog rau systems xabjim-hlwb uas xav tau kev sib txuam zoo, kho kom muaj ruag thiab tsim kho tswj hwm. Cov khoom PVA yog yooj yim rau kev sib txuam, siv rai ntau hauv qhov chaw sau npe, siv rai ntau hauv qhov chaw ntim, siv rai ntau hauv qhov chaw tsim kho, thiab siv rai ntau hauv emulsion polymerization. Thaum PVA raug sib xyeeb nrog dej, nws tsim cov solution uas muaj kev sib txuam zoo rau cov ntim zoo li ntawv thiab neeg. Hauv kev tsim kho, PVA pab txhim kho kev sib txuam, kev ua haujlwm zoo, thiab kev ua haujlwm mekanik. Qhov kev tswj hwm zoo tagnrho ntawm PVA tso nws ua khoom yooj yim hauv kev tsim kho noj nroog. Rau cov ntaub ntawv sau npe ntau dua, cov ntaub ntawv xa mus sib tham, lossis kev sib tham hauv tsev kawm, qhov kev sib txuam yog qhov yooj yim.