also: えんかビニル
noun
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene
Chemical term for the monomer used to produce polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
塩化ビニールはプラスチックの原料として使われる。
Vinyl chloride is used as a raw material for plastics.
Standard form; high frequency in news.
Alternate form using ビニル instead of ビニール.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the polymer made from vinyl chloride.
Compound of 塩化 (enka, 'chloride') and ビニール (binīru, 'vinyl'), from English 'vinyl'.