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vinyl chloride
noun
: a flammable gaseous carcinogenic compound C2H3Cl that is used especially to make vinyl resins
Examples of vinyl chloride in a Sentence
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Morgan said the settlement will resolve claims against the railroad and other defendants in the lawsuit, such as the rail car owners and chemical manufacturer that made the vinyl chloride released and burned after the derailment.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 23 May 2024
On a Friday night in early February last year, 38 rail cars on a Norfolk Southern train derailed, 11 of which were carrying hazard materials like vinyl chloride, a chemical used to make plastics.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 23 May 2024
These compounds include vinyl chloride and many of the VOC's independent scientists have tested for since the derailment.
—Alex Presha, ABC News, 16 May 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio's governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio’s governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
About 100 homes with detections of VOCs also had additional sampling but only for vinyl chloride or one of its breakdown products, hydrogen chloride.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The railroad had argued that companies like Oxy Vinyls that made the vinyl chloride and rail car owner GATX should share the responsibility for the damage.
—Josh Funk, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
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“Vinyl chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vinyl%20chloride. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
vinyl chloride
noun
: a flammable gaseous carcinogenic compound C2H3Cl that is used especially to make vinyl resins
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