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 vapor density.
Vinyl chloride vcm 9 20 saturated liquid density temperature degrees f pounds per cubic foot 0 5 61 000 60 710 9 21 liquid heat capacity temperature.
Molecular weight 62 50.
Chloroethylene cas number 75 01 4.
Vinyl chloride 99 5 synonym.
It is primarily used to manufacture polyvinyl chloride pvc a very stable non flammable lightweight and durable plastic.
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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.
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Saturated vapor density temperature degrees f pounds per cubic foot 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 0 04810 0 06245 0 08005 0 10140 0 12710 0 15760 0 19360 0 23560 0.
Vinyl chloride is primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride to manufacture plastics.
It can be formed in the environment when soil organisms break down chlorinated solvents.
Vinyl chloride monomer summary vinyl chloride monomer vcm is a colorless flammable gas at room temperature.
Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas.
Under ambient conditions vinyl chloride is a colourless flammable gas with a slightly sweet odour.
Linear formula h 2 c chcl.
It is highly toxic flammable and carcinogenic.
Pvc is used in a variety of applications.
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 14 2 2 physical and chemical properties some physical properties of vc are given in table 1.
Pvc is the world s third most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene about 40 million tons of pvc are produced each year.
Rigid sometimes abbreviated as rpvc and flexible.
Beilstein reaxys number 1731576.
The largest use for vinyl chloride monomer is in the production of polyvinyl chloride pvc homopolymer and copolymer resins.
Its chemical formula is c2h3cl.
It is heavier than air and has relatively low solubility.
These pvc resins are converted to products for a number of end use markets.
Pubchem substance id 24864136.