Dzina lasayansi la tepi yamagetsi ndi tepi yamagetsi ya polyvinyl chloride, yomwe nthawi zambiri imatchedwa tepi yotchinga magetsi kapena tepi yotsekera m'makampani, komanso imadziwikanso kuti tepi yamagetsi ya PVC.
Tepi yamagetsi ndi tepi wokutidwa ndi mphira wosanjikiza zomatira zomvera kupsinjika.Filimu ya polyvinyl chloride (filimu ya PVC) ili ndi mawonekedwe a kutchinjiriza kwamagetsi, kuchedwa kwamoto, komanso kukana nyengo.Zomatira zomata mphira zimakhala ndi zomatira zoyambira komanso mphamvu zomangirira.Ndi oyenera kutchinjiriza akamapita mawaya zosiyanasiyana ndi zingwe.Itha kuperekanso chitetezo chamakina ndi kukana acid-base, kukana nyengo ndi zinthu zina.Tepi yamagetsi imatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kutsekereza ndikuzindikiritsa mitundu nthawi zosiyanasiyana malinga ndi zofunikira.