Question

The C at the end of PVC (plastic) stands for ___________.

Answer 1

Polyvinyl chloride:

• PVC is an abbreviation for Polyvinyl chloride.
• Polyvinyl chloride is a polymer that is formed by the polymerization of monomer vinyl chloride.

Polymerization of Vinyl chloride:

$\underset{\mathrm{Vinyl}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{n}[{\mathrm{CH}}_2=\mathrm{CHCl}]}\stackrel{\mathrm{Peracid}}{\to }\underset{\mathrm{Polyvinyl}\mathrm{chloride}}{{[-{\mathrm{CH}}_2-\mathrm{CHCl}-]}_{\mathrm{n}}}$

The C at the end of PVC (plastic) stands for chloride.