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Also Known As	vinylbenzene • phenylethylene

Topics

styrene-butadiene rubber styrene-butadiene and styrene-isoprene block copolymers acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer hydrocarbon benzenoid aromatic compound benzene xylene naphthalene toluene biphenyl olefin paraffin hydrocarbon anthracene

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Herman Francis Mark

American chemist

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