Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
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Vinyl cation, 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).
Examples
Vinyl polymers ...
, a group of polymers derived from vinyl monomers
Materials
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PVC clothing, 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, alu ...
, 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, a record label
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Vinyl", a song by
Kira Kosarin
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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