Nitrile vs. Viton

Nitrilenoun

(organic chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid

Nitrilenoun

A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerisation of acrylonitrile and butadiene

Nitrilenoun

Any one of a series of compounds bearing the cyanide radical (-CN); particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.

Nitrilenoun

any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

Nitrile

A nitrile is any organic compound that has a −C≡N functional group. The prefix cyano- is used interchangeably with the term nitrile in industrial literature.