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- Dictionaryvi·nyl chlo·ride/ˈvīnl ˈklôˌrīd/
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- 1. a colorless toxic gas used in the production of polyvinyl chloride and other commercially important polymers.
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Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H 2 C=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, poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). Vinyl chloride monomer is among the top twenty largest petrochemicals (petroleum-derived chemicals) in world production. Wikipedia