Definition of acetal resin
: polyoxymethylene Other outlets for methanol are still sluggish. Acetal resins, for example, are used in a variety of consumer hard goods that are now moving slowly.— Chemical Week, 25 June 1975
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The first known use of acetal resin was in 1939
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