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Vinyl polymer
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Polymer_chemistry/wdfr6fs4">polymer chemistry</a>, vinyl polymers are a group of <a href="/facts/Polymer/eF32E50K">polymers</a> derived from substituted <a href="/facts/Vinyl_group/SyXSgVnw">vinyl</a> (H2C=CHR) <a href="/facts/Monomer/Gw3CltMb">monomers</a>. Their <a href="/facts/Polymer_backbone/9Q3so597">backbone</a> is an extended <a href="/facts/Alkane/Qam7Hvmf">alkane</a> chain [−CH2−CHR−]. In popular usage, "vinyl" refers only to <a href="/facts/Polyvinyl_chloride/9VkegJvr">polyvinyl chloride</a> (PVC). </p>