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Record 1 2014-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A polymer in which the repeated structural unit in the chain is oxymethylene.

OBS

Polyoxymethylene is theoretically the simplest member of the generic class of polyacetals.

OBS

polyoxymethylene; POM; polyformaldehyde: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Polymère dans lequel le motif structural répété dans la chaîne est l'oxyméthylène.

OBS

polyoxyméthylène; polyformaldéhyde; POM : termes, abréviation et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Polímero en el cual la unidad estructural repetida en la cadena es el oximetileno.

OBS

El polioximetileno es teóricamente el miembro más simple de la familia genérica de los poliacetales.

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