styrene
An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.
A kind of
- vinyl polymer
Kinds of styrene
- polystyrene
Related words
- colestyramine
- styryl
- polystyrene
- styrene-butadiene-styrene
- nitrostyrene
- pentafluorostyrene
- methoxystyrene
- dimethoxystyrene
- styrenyl
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Word history
From Latin "styrax".
Where this comes from
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