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Definition of Styrene

1. Noun. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.

Definition of Styrene

1. Noun. (chemistry) an aromatic hydrocarbon, vinyl-benzene; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene ¹

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Definition of Styrene

1. a liquid hydrocarbon [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Styrene

Literary usage of Styrene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen, William Ridgely Orndorff (1922)
"CH=:CH2 + CO2, Cinnamic acid styrene and by the polymerization of acetylene ... styrene like ethyl- ene (277) combines with chlorine and bromine, ..."

2. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon; Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1910)
"styrene, phenyl-ethylene ... What does this reaction suggest with regard to the relation between cinnamic acid and styrene ? ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon; Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1894)
"styrene, phenyl-ethylene, O,ft^ C6H5.CH.CH2). ... What does this reaction suggest with regard to the relation between cinnamic acid and styrene? ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1894)
"styrene, phenyl-ethylene ... What does this reaction suggest with regard to the relation between cinnamic acid and styrene? ..."

5. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon: Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1901)
"styrene, phenyl-ethylene ... What does this reaction suggest with regard to the relation between cinnamic acid and styrene? ..."

6. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon; Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1899)
"styrene, phenyl-ethylene ... What does this reaction suggest with regard to the relation between cinnamic acid and styrene? ..."

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