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vinyl plastic [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

Any of a group of tough durable plastics based on vinyl resins often compounded with other substances (as plasticizers, pigments, fillers, stabilizers, or lubricants) and used especially in the form of films and sheeting, coatings, tile and flooring, foams, sound records, and other molded and extruded products.

OBS

Because vinyl plastics are based on vinyl resins, they are sometimes called "vinyl resins".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
OBS

vinyle : Nom donné improprement aux matières plastiques obtenues par polymérisation des monomères vinyliques, c'est-à-dire renfermant dans leur molécule un ou plusieurs groupes vinyles.

Spanish

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