polychloroprene

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What does polychloroprene mean?

Synonym of neoprene.

Where does polychloroprene come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- English isoprene English chloroprene English polychloroprene From poly- + chloroprene.

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