Vinyl polymer

In polymer chemistry, vinyl polymers are a group of polymers derived from substituted vinyl (H2C=CHR) monomers. Their backbone is an extended alkane chain [−CH2−CHR−]. In popular usage, "vinyl" refers only to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

This article is about polymers derived from vinyl compounds. For other uses, see Polyvinyl (disambiguation).
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