In polymer chemistry, vinyl polymers are a group of polymers derived from substituted vinyl (H2C=CHR) monomers. Their backbone is an extended alkane chain...

odor and is competitive with rubber and vinyl polymer products in many electrical applications. Ethylene-vinyl acetate is recyclable, contributing to efforts...

Look up vinyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vinyl may refer to: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation...

Vinyl groups can polymerize with the aid of a radical initiator or a catalyst, forming vinyl polymers. Vinyl polymers contain no vinyl groups. Instead...

(alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after...

vinyl polymer. Polyvinyl acetate is prepared by the polymerization of vinyl acetate monomer (free-radical vinyl polymerization of the monomer vinyl acetate)...

Europe. Unlike most vinyl polymers, PVA is not prepared by polymerization of the corresponding monomer, since the monomer, vinyl alcohol, is thermodynamically...

An acrylate polymer (also known as acrylic or polyacrylate) is any of a group of polymers prepared from acrylate monomers. These plastics are noted for...

IUPAC definition A polymer is a substance composed of macromolecules. A macromolecule is a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of...

rubber Superabsorbent polymer Synthetic rubber Vinyl polymer This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Polymer classes. If an internal...

particularly significant in vinyl polymers of the type -H 2C-CH(R)- where each repeating unit with a substituent R on one side of the polymer backbone is followed...

In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a...

Chain-growth polymerization (AE) or chain-growth polymerisation (BE) is a polymerization technique where monomer molecules add onto the active site on...

In polymer chemistry, free-radical polymerization (FRP) is a method of polymerization by which a polymer forms by the successive addition of free-radical...

polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers. The worldwide production capacity of vinyl acetate was estimated at 6,969,000 tonnes/year in...

acrylic or methacrylic acids. The "vinyl" groups refer to these ester substituents, which are prone to polymerize and thus an inhibitor is usually added...

(PVP), also commonly called polyvidone or povidone, is a water-soluble polymer compound made from the monomer N-vinylpyrrolidone. PVP is available in...

manifestations, but traditionally vinyl monomers are used. Often anionic polymerization involves living polymerizations, which allows control of structure...

layer or not. In recent years, very thin vinyls have become available owing to improvements in the polymer extrusion and calendering process, which varies...

In polymer chemistry, a repeat unit or repeating unit (or mer) is a part of a polymer whose repetition would produce the complete polymer chain (except...

electronegativity of fluorine makes the polymerization more difficult when compared to other vinyl halides. The polymerization temperatures range from 50 °C to...

coordination polymerization that enables copolymerization with polar monomers is more recent. Examples of monomers that can be incorporated are methyl vinyl ketones...

polymer. Crosslink density varies depending on the monomer or prepolymer mix, and the mechanism of crosslinking: Acrylic resins, polyesters and vinyl...

Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and...

cationic polymerization: An ionic polymerization in which the kinetic-chain carriers are cations. In polymer chemistry, cationic polymerization is a type...

appetite, gastrointestinal upset, constipation, and low blood calcium. These polymers are derived from polystyrene by the addition of sulfonate functional groups...

addition polymer that results when styrene monomers polymerize (interconnect). In the polymerization, the carbon-carbon π bond of the vinyl group is broken...

In polymer chemistry, condensation polymers are any kind of polymers whose process of polymerization involves a condensation reaction (i.e. a small molecule...

The binding polymer is often a thermoset resin such as epoxy, but other thermoset or thermoplastic polymers, such as polyester, vinyl ester, or nylon...

polymer), aramid, or basalt. Rarely, other fibres such as paper, wood, boron, or asbestos have been used. The polymer is usually an epoxy, vinyl ester...