Vinyl chlorideVinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C\dCHCl. It is also called vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) or chloroethene. It is an important industrial chemical chiefly used to produce the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Vinyl chloride, revision 1380103798.

Property

Value

Formula

C2H3Cl, 62.50 g/mol

Melting point

-153.8 °C

Boiling point

-13.4 °C

Density

0.911 g/cm³

Flash point

-61 °C

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