Definition of Acrylic acid

1. Noun. An unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins.

Exact synonyms: Propenoic Acid
Generic synonyms: Carboxylic Acid

Definition of Acrylic acid

1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless liquid unsaturated organic acid, CH2CHCOOH; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins; forms acrylate esters by combination with alcohols. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrylic Acid

acrotomous
acrotrophodynia
acrotrophoneurosis
acroyl
acrue
acryl
acrylaldehyde
acrylamide
acrylamides
acrylate
acrylate resin
acrylates
acrylation
acrylations
acrylic
acrylic acid (current term)
acrylic acids
acrylic fiber
acrylic paint
acrylic resin
acrylic resin base
acrylic resin tooth
acrylic resins
acrylics
acrylonitrile
acrylonitriles
acryloyl
acryloyl-CoA reductase
acryloyldimethyltaurate
acryloyls

Literary usage of Acrylic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"It forms white, pearly needles.1 acrylic acid, CgH^ 739 This acid was obtained by Redtenbacher by heating impure acrolein with silver oxide, purifying the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"The acid corresponding to this alcohol is acrylic acid, as has been stated. Chemists are already acquainted with several homologues of acrylic acid ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"The principal members are named in the subjoined table : — acrylic acid SERIES OR OLEIC ACID SERIES Acrylic Cro tonic ACIDS, ..."

4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Synthesis from acrylic acid.—Three methods of synthesis of ... acid show its relation to acrylic acid, to propionic acid and to ethylene. ..."

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