Definitions for vinyl chloride
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1. vinyl chloridenoun

   A colourless gas, CH=CHCl, used in the manufacture of the plastic polyvinyl chloride

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1. Vinyl chloride

   Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C=CHCl. It is also called vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) or chloroethene. This colorless compound is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). About 13 million tonnes are produced annually. VCM is among the top twenty largest petrochemicals (petroleum-derived chemicals) in world production. The United States currently remains the largest VCM manufacturing region because of its low-production-cost position in chlorine and ethylene raw materials. China is also a large manufacturer and one of the largest consumers of VCM. Vinyl chloride is a gas with a sweet odor. It is highly toxic, flammable, and carcinogenic. It can be formed in the environment when soil organisms break down chlorinated solvents. Vinyl chloride that is released by industries or formed by the breakdown of other chlorinated chemicals can enter the air and drinking water supplies. Vinyl chloride is a common contaminant found near landfills. In the past VCM was used as a refrigerant.

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1. Vinyl chloride

   Vinyl chloride is the organochloride with the formula H2C=CHCl. It is also called vinyl chloride monomer, VCM or chloroethene. This colorless compound is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride. About 13 billion kilograms are produced annually. Vinyl chloride is a gas with a sweet odor. It is highly toxic, flammable, and carcinogenic.

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1. Vinyl Chloride

   A gas that has been used as an aerosol propellant and is the starting material for polyvinyl resins. Toxicity studies have shown various adverse effects, particularly the occurrence of liver neoplasms.

How to pronounce vinyl chloride?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vinyl chloride in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vinyl chloride in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of vinyl chloride in a Sentence

1. Bruce Vanderhoff:

   Because when we look at the chemicals involved, especially the primary chemical vinyl chloride, there is simply not a blood test that we can do or a urine test that we can do that would say ‘Aha! You had an exposure,’ that would be great, but that’s just not the case.

2. Richard Peltier:

   Vinyl chloride, however, has a specific and important risk in that is contains a bunch of chlorine molecules, which can form some really awful combustion byproducts, these are often very toxic and often very persistent in the environment.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vinyl_Chloride
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_Chloride
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=vinyl chloride