The findings are published in the Polymer Journal. In contrast to the well-known vinyl polymerization, where the main chain is constructed from two carbon units of vinyl monomers such as ethylene ...

With the Norfolk Southern train derailment civil trial in its third week, the focus of testimony Tuesday in U.S. District Court was Steve Smith, technical manager for OxyVinyls, the company that ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

His testimony was intended to show the reasons Smith and other OxyVinyls officials felt the vinyl chloride was not undergoing a change called polymerization. Fear of polymerization and a ...