VINYL FLUORIDE


Meaning of VINYL FLUORIDE in English

also called fluoroethylene a colourless, flammable, nontoxic, chemically stable gas belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds and used as the starting material in making polyvinyl fluoride (q.v.), a plastic used in films for coating structural materials. Vinyl fluoride, first prepared in 1901, is manufactured by the reaction between acetylene and hydrogen fluoride.

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