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Encyclopedia > Vinyl acetate

Vinyl acetate


SINONIMOUS: 1-acetoxietilen


FORMULA: CH2CHOCOCH3


Colourless liquid, with sweet flavour, Boiling point at 1 bar: 72.7ºC


Used to make PVA plastic.


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ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Vinyl Acetate (0 words)
Vinyl acetate is an industrial chemical that is produced in large amounts in the United States.
Vinyl acetate is also used as a coating in plastic films for food packaging and as a modifier of food starch.
Vinyl acetate breaks down very quickly in the body to substances that are normally found in the body; thus, measurement of these break down products is not useful for determining whether you have been exposed to vinyl acetate.
Vinyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (243 words)
The vinyl group forms part of the allyl group and is also contained in all acrylates.
Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) is made by polymerization of vinyl acetate.
The etymology of vinyl is the Latin vinum = "wine", because of its relationship with alcohol (in its original sense of ethyl alcohol).
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