Styrene
An aromatic hydrocarbon monomer, vinylbenzene, polymerised to form polystyrene and copolymerised in ABS, SBR and unsaturated polyester resins.
Also called Vinylbenzene.
How it connects
Styrene is a kind of Monomer.
Other kinds of Monomer: Butyl acrylate, Caprolactam, Formaldehyde, Methyl methacrylate, Vinyl acetate and Vinyl chloride.
In other taxonomies
- StyreneCAS Registry Number, 100-42-5the same thing
- styreneWikidata, Q28917nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
Styrene
7 terms, Butyl acrylate to Vinyl chloride
Record
- Also called
- Vinylbenzene
- Broader
- Monomer
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); CAS Registry, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/styreneKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- narrowerMonomerincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMonomeroutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Monomeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Butyl acrylateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Caprolactamoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Formaldehydeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Methyl methacrylateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Vinyl acetateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Vinyl chlorideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 100-42-5 | Styrene | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q28917 | styrene | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Styrene | Vinylbenzene | styrene via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |