styrene
stahy reen
- n a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene
- One of the newest entries used for many of the bright, nearly indestructible, solid-color piecesis ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), from which football helmets are also .
- So Newhall spread the manufacture of butadiene and styrene among 14 oil companies, six chemical companies and one rayon firm.
- Synthetic rubber production slumped as the coal strike cut the supply of styrene, a vital coal-tar derivative.