Vinyl
Vinyl
Vellum
<catset>Category="Alkenes"</catset><catset>Category="Polymers"</catset>A <b>vinyl</b> is an <a href="Organic compound">organic</a> <a href="Molecule">Molecule</a> containing a vinyl group or <a href="Alkene">Alkene</a>. This term is especially used in relationship to <a href="Vinyl polymer">vinyl polymers</a> and <a href="Plastic">plastics</a>. The structure is represented as H<sub>2</sub>C=CHR where R represents a <a href="Functional group">Functional group</a> such as a <a href="Hydrocarbon">Hydrocarbon</a> or <a href="Halogen">Halogen</a>. The <a href="Polymer">Polymer</a> <a href="Polyvinyl chloride">Polyvinyl chloride</a> (PVC) is frequently referred to as vinyl, and is made by <a href="Polymerization">Polymerization</a> of the <a href="Monomer">Monomer</a> <a href="Vinyl chloride">vinyl chloride</a> (CH<sub>2</sub>=CHCl). The term vinyl is found in household names such as a <a href="Gramophone record">vinyl record</a>, a <a href="Vinyl roof">Vinyl roof</a> or a <a href="Vinyl siding">Vinyl siding</a>.