Vinyl Chloride

Vinyl chloride is also known as chloroethene chloroethylene and ethylene monochloride.

Vinyl chloride.

Linear formula h 2 c chcl. About 80 of production involves suspension polymerization. Vinyl chloride exists in liquid form if kept under high pressure or at low temperatures. This colorless compound is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride pvc.

Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas that burns easily. At room temperature it is a colorless gas it burns easily and it is not stable at high temperatures. Molecular weight 62 50. Emulsion polymerization accounts for about 12 and bulk polymerization accounts for 8.

Vinyl chloride is used primarily to make polyvinyl chloride pvc. Vinyl chloride 99 5 synonym. Beilstein reaxys number 1731576. About 13 billion kilograms are produced annually.

Poly vinyl chloride co vinyl acetate co vinyl alcohol 1 product result match criteria. Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas. Vinyl chloride is a chlorinated hydrocarbon occurring as a colorless highly flammable gas with a mild sweet odor that may emit toxic fumes of carbon dioxide carbon monoxide hydrogen chloride and phosgene when heated to decomposition. Chloroethylene cas number 75 01 4.

Pubchem substance id 24864136. Vinyl chloride is an intermediate in the production of pvc plastic used in a wide range of products including pipes wire and cable coatings packaging materials upholstery for automobiles and furniture wall and floor coverings flooring backing for carpet house wares automotive parts medical devices and children s toys. Chloroethene chloroethylene ethylene monochloride monochloroethene monochloroethylene vc vcm vinyl chloride monomer vcm colorless gas or liquid below 7 f with a pleasant odor at high concentrations. Vinyl chloride is primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride to manufacture plastics.

Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula h 2 c chcl that is also called vinyl chloride monomer vcm or chloroethene. Polyvinyl chloride is produced by polymerization of the vinyl chloride monomer vcm as shown. Pvc is used to make a variety of plastic products including pipes wire and cable coatings and packaging materials. Vinyl chloride is known also as chloroethene chloroethylene ethylene monochloride or monochloroethylene.