phenylethylene

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phenylethylene - a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene

polystyrene - a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic; "expanded polystyrene looks like a rigid white foam and is used as packing or insulation"

polyvinyl resin, vinyl polymer, vinyl resin - a thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group

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Polyether polyol, GPOP36/28, prepared by acrylonitrile and phenylethylene, obtained from Dongda Chemical (Shandong, China).

Flame retardant and thermal decomposition properties of flexible polyurethane foams filled with several halogen-free flame retardants

StO, formed from styrene by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, is primarily detoxified by microsomal epoxide hydrolase to phenylethylene glycol, which is further metabolized to yield mandelic acid (MA) and phenylglyoxylic acid (PGA), the principal urinary metabolites.

Cytogenetic markers, DNA single-strand breaks, urinary metabolites, and DNA repair rates in styrene-exposed lamination workers

Styrene, a colorless, toxic liquid used in making plastics and rubbers, is also known as phenylethylene or vinylbenzene.