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Vinylidene Chloride

Product code RXSOL-19-1482-025

Vinylidene Chloride

Description

Vinylidene Chloride its chemical name is 1,1-dichloroethylene, a colourless, dense, toxic, volatile, flammable liquid belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds.

Application
Application

1, 1-Dichloroethene is an industrial chemical solvent having sweet smell. It is also called vinylidene chloride. 1, 1-Dichloroethene is used to make certain plastics, such as flexible films like food wrap, and in packaging materials.    


Vinylidene Chloride  is non soluble in water and soluble in organic solvent.

Precautions
Precautions

Vinylidene Chloride (VDC)

Vinylidene chloride, also called 1,1-dichloroethylene, a colourless, dense, toxic, volatile, flammable liquid belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds, used principally in combination with vinyl chloride, acrylonitrile, or methyl methacrylate for the manufacture of a class of plastics called saran. Vinylidene chloride is also used as a starting material for making methylchloroform, or 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane, and a solvent useful in cleaning electrical machinery.