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Styrene

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Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 107))

Abstract

Styrene, also known as vinylbenzene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, and ethenylbenzene, is used in plastics. Its structure and properties are shown in Table 1. Styrene is produced primarily from dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene. In 1982, U.S. production of styrene totaled 5.9 billion lb (2.7 billion kg).

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Ware, G.W. (1988). Styrene. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 107. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7083-3_11

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