vinyl chloride
1Vinyl chloride — IUPAC name …
2vinyl chloride — n. a colorless gas, CH2:CHCl, made by reacting acetylene with hydrogen chloride or by cracking ethylene dichloride: it is used to make polyvinyl chloride, etc …
3vinyl chloride — Chem. a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water soluble gas, C2H3Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.… …
4Vinyl chloride — A substance used in manufacturing plastics that is known to be toxic and carcinogenic (cancer causing). Dangerous exposure to vinyl chloride occurs mainly in the workplace. Breathing high levels of vinyl chloride for short periods of time can… …
5vinyl chloride — vinilchloridas statusas T sritis chemija formulė CH₂=CHCl atitikmenys: angl. vinyl chloride rus. винилхлорид ryšiai: sinonimas – chloretenas …
6vinyl chloride — A substance used to make plastics. Exposure to vinyl chloride may increase the risk of developing liver, brain, and lung cancers; lymphoma; and leukemia …
7vinyl chloride disease — acro osteolysis resulting from exposure to vinyl chloride, characterized by Raynaud phenomenon, skin changes resembling scleroderma on the backs of the hands and on the forearms, and bony changes affecting the terminal phalanges of the fingers… …
8vinyl chloride — noun : a flammable gaseous compound CH2 . CHCl with an ethereal odor prepared by catalytic addition of hydrogen chloride to acetylene or by pyrolysis of ethylene dichloride and used chiefly for making vinyl resins : chloro ethylene see polyvinyl… …
9vinyl chloride — noun A colourless gas, CH=CHCl, used in the manufacture of the plastic polyvinyl chloride …
10vinyl chloride — vi′nyl chlo′ride n. chem. a colorless gas, C2H3Cl, used in making plastics and polyvinyl chloride and as a refrigerant • Etymology: 1935–40 …
