Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
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Vinyl cation
The vinyl cation is a carbocation with the positive charge on an alkene carbon. Its empirical formula is . More generally, a vinylic cation is any disubstituted, trivalent carbon, where the carbon bearing the positive charge is part of a double bon ...
, a type of carbocation
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Vinyl group
In organic chemistry, a vinyl group (abbr. Vi; IUPAC name: ethenyl group) is a functional group with the formula . It is the ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) molecule () with one fewer hydrogen atom. The name is also used for any compound contai ...
, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
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Vinyl polymer
In polymer chemistry, vinyl polymers are a group of polymers derived from substituted vinyl () monomers. Their backbone is an extended alkane chain . In popular usage, "vinyl" refers only to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
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Vinyl polymers ...
, a group of polymers derived from vinyl monomers
Materials
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PVC clothing
PVC clothing is shiny clothing made from the plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC plastic is often called "vinyl" and this type of clothing is commonly known as "vinyl clothing". PVC is sometimes confused with the similarly shiny patent le ...
, a fabric
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Vinyl composition tile
Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Modern vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring and versions of those products sold since the early 1980s are composed of colo ...
, a type of floor tiling
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Vinyl siding
Vinyl siding is plastic exterior siding for houses and small apartment buildings, used for decoration and weatherproofing, imitating wood clapboardbatten board and batten or shakes, and used instead of other materials such as aluminum siding, al ...
, an exterior building cladding
Music
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LP Records
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and ...
, commonly referred to as "vinyl" because they are made with PVC, a co-polymer of vinyl chloride acetate.
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''Vinyl'' (Dramarama album), 1991
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''Vinyl'' (William Michael Morgan album), 2016
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''Vinyl'' (EP), by Dramarama
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Vinyl Solution
Vinyl Solution was a record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the offshoot of an independent London-based record store based at 231 Portobello Road (now known as Intoxica Records). The label signed many unconventional acts in a number of unc ...
, a record label
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Vinyl
Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
* Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
* Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation
* Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
* Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from vinyl ...
", a song by
Kira Kosarin
Kira Nicole Kosarin (born October 7, 1997) is an American actress and singer, known for her role as Phoebe Thunderman on the Nickelodeon series ''The Thundermans''. On April 10, 2019, she independently released her debut album, ''Off Brand'', la ...
Film
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''Vinyl'' (1965 film), directed by Andy Warhol
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''Vinyl'' (2000 film), a documentary directed by Alan Zweig
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''Vinyl'' (2012 film), directed by Sara Sugarman about a 2004 musical hoax involving UK band, The Alarm
Television
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''Vinyl'' (TV series), a 2016 American television series on HBO
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Vinyl Scratch, a background character on ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''
See also
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