styrenen.

1885 I. Remsen Introd. Study Compounds of Carbon 343 Styrene... This hydrocarbon is contained in liquid storax... It is formed by distilling cinnamic acid with lime.

1898 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 74 i. 70 Reversible transformation of Styrene and Metastyrene under the influence of heat.

1926 H. G. Rule tr. J. Schmidt Text-bk. Org. Chem. ii. iii. 331 Styrene, phenyl-ethylene, vinyl-benzene, C₆H₅·CH:CH₂, is the simplest representative of the olefine derivatives [of benzene].

1947 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Apr. 2/5 Styrene was not explosive, Thomas said, but would burn as rapidly as gasoline.

1956 Sci. News 42 41 Hydrocarbons and low boiling organic compounds..are becoming increasingly important industrially owing to the development of petrochemicals,..which include polythene, styrene and synthetic rubber.

1978 J. R. Holum Org. & Biol. Chem. viii. 163 Polystyrene, made from styrene, has phenyl groups on alternate carbons of the main chain.

1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 147/1 To the growing family of synthetic resins and plastics, 1937 saw added Styrene, characterized by clarity, low initial colour, and thermoplastic properties.

1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 July 8/2 Keeping food hot or cold en route is important—a styrene foam chest has exceptional insulating ability.

1972 J. Potter Going West 45 Every can was found to have a double bottom. Nuggets of gold lay embedded in white styrene between the two sheets of tin.

1957 H. R. Simonds Conc. Guide to Plastics ii. 71 A styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer is available from Bakelite Co.

1977 R. A. Dickie in M. O. W. Richardson Polymer Engin. Composites iii. 177 Results are presented..on several rubber-modified polystyrene and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers.

1958 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 51/1 The synthetic S.B.R. (styrene-butadiene rubber) being tough and hard wearing, is good for tire treads.

1978 D. R. Paul in Paul & Newman Polymer Blends II. xii. 59 A patent..describes bonding an ethylene-propylenediene terpolymer rubber..to styrene-butadiene rubber..by a graft.

1947 I. Thomas Injection Molding of Plastics iii. 168 The base material for polystyrene is styrene monomer.

1971 R. D. Deanin in Tobolsky & Mark Polymer Sci. & Materials xiv. 335 These [polyesters] are mixed with about one-half their weight of styrene monomer.

1939 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 61 997/2 The reaction of styrene oxide and hydriodic acid results in a primary alcohol.

1979 Experientia 35 241/2 The observed differences in the metabolism of styrene oxide can be assigned theoretically to 2 possible factors.

1943 D. W. Brown Handbk. Engin. Plastics ii. 27 (heading) Styrene plastics.

1947 Brit. Catal. Plastics 51/2 (heading) Methyl methacrylate and styrene plastics.

1937 R. S. Morrell et al. Synthetic Resins i. 16 The vinyl and styrene resins are used as lacquers and in nitro-cellulose finishes.

1959 E. C. Bernhardt Processing of Thermoplastic Materials iii. 628 (heading) Styrene resins.

1954 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XIII. 146 Styrenated drying oils, and styrenated alkyds as a base for many protective coatings..illustrate still further uses for styrene.

1972 H. Warson Applic. Synthetic Resin Emulsions v. 252 It is not readily possible to form a styrenated oil or alkyd in emulsion form directly.

1954 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XIII. 177 The rate of the styrenation reaction and the clarity of the product are influenced by the kind and amount of unsaturation present in the oil.

1972 H. Warson Applic. Synthetic Resin Emulsions v. 253 A maleinized oil is used as the basis for styrenation in the ammoniacal form.