Dictionary  vi'nyl chlo'rideChem. a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C2H3Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds. Also called chloroethene, chloroethylene. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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