a colourless volatile liquid unsaturated ester that polymerizes readily in light and is used for making polyvinyl acetate. Formula: CH2:CHOOCCH3
vinyl acetate in American English
noun
Chemistry
a colorless, easily polymerized, water-insoluble liquid, C4H6O2, produced by the reaction of acetylene and acetic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics, films, paints, and adhesives
Examples of 'vinyl acetate' in a sentence
vinyl acetate
In addition, field tests proved that vinyl acetate polymer has good effects on soil engineering.
Zezhuo Song, Jin Liu, Yuxia Bai, Jihong Wei, Ding Li, Qiongya Wang, Zhihao Chen, DebiPrasanna Kanungo, Wei Qian 2019, 'Laboratory and Field Experiments on the Effect of Vinyl Acetate Polymer-ReinforcedSoil', Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/208. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Their catalytic performances were evaluated by the hydroformylation of vinyl acetate.
Hongyuan Chuai, Penghe Su, Hongchi Liu, Baolin Zhu, Shoumin Zhang, Weiping Huang 2019, 'Alkali and Alkaline Earth Cation-Decorated TiO2 Nanotube-Supported Rh Catalysts forVinyl Acetate Hydroformylation', Catalystshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/9/2/194. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results could be applied as a reference for vinyl acetate polymer-improved soil engineering.
Zezhuo Song, Jin Liu, Yuxia Bai, Jihong Wei, Ding Li, Qiongya Wang, Zhihao Chen, DebiPrasanna Kanungo, Wei Qian 2019, 'Laboratory and Field Experiments on the Effect of Vinyl Acetate Polymer-ReinforcedSoil', Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/208. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Polymeric microspheres with magnetic properties based on styrene, divinylbenzene and vinyl acetate were obtained.
Jacira A. Castanharo, Ivana L. Mello, Luiz C. de S. Maria, Marcos A. S. Costa, ManoelR. Silva, Marcia G. Oliveira 2012, 'Preparação e caracterização de microesferas poliméricas magnéticas à base de estireno,divinilbenzeno e acetato de vinila Preparation and characterization of magnetic polymericmicrospheres based on styrene, divinylbenzene and vinyl acetate', Polímeroshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282012000300016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Vinyl acetate was the most effective among different acyl esters studied.
Saravanan Devendran, Ganapati D. Yadav 2014, 'Microwave Assisted Enzymatic Kinetic Resolution of (±)-1-Phenyl-2-propyn-1-ol in NonaqueousMedia', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/482678. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Also, the effect of vinyl acetate polymer was verified by field tests.
Zezhuo Song, Jin Liu, Yuxia Bai, Jihong Wei, Ding Li, Qiongya Wang, Zhihao Chen, DebiPrasanna Kanungo, Wei Qian 2019, 'Laboratory and Field Experiments on the Effect of Vinyl Acetate Polymer-ReinforcedSoil', Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/208. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)