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vinyl plastics, group of thermoplastics used in molded products, flexible tubing, material for raincoats, and laminated safety glass. Vinyl plastics plastic, any organic material with the ability to flow into a desired shape when heat and pressure are applied to it and to retain the shape when they are withdrawn.
..... Click the link for more information.  are polymers polymer , chemical compound with high molecular weight consisting of a number of structural units linked together by covalent bonds (see chemical bond). The simple molecules that may become structural units are themselves called monomers; two monomers combine to form
..... Click the link for more information.  and copolymers of vinyl derivatives (i.e., derivatives of ethylene, H2C=CH2), e.g., vinyl chloride (H2C=CHCl) and vinyl acetate (H2C=CH-OOC-CH3). Polyethylene polyethylene , widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2=CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n
..... Click the link for more information.  may be considered the simplest of the vinyl polymers, and polyvinyl chloride polyvinyl chloride (PVC), thermoplastic that is a polymer of vinyl chloride. Resins of polyvinyl chloride are hard, but with the addition of plasticizers a flexible, elastic plastic can be made.
..... Click the link for more information.  is an important member of this group. Polytetrafluoroethylene, or Teflon, is also sometimes classed as a vinyl polymer.
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