Acrylic resin
any of a group of thermoplastic resins formed by polymerizing the esters of amides of acrylic or methacrylic acid: used chiefly where transparency is desired, as in the methacrylate resins lucite and plexiglas.
noun
any of a group of polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, its esters, or amides, used as synthetic rubbers, textiles, paints, adhesives, and as plastics such as perspex
acrylic resin
any of numerous thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, esters of these acids, or acrylonitrile, used to produce paints, synthetic rubbers, and lightweight plastics.
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- Acrylic acid
a colorless, corrosive liquid, c 3 h 4 o 2 , having an acrid odor, usually derived from acrolein by oxidation: used especially in the synthesis of acrylic resins. noun a colourless corrosive pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of acrylic resins. formula: ch2:chcooh systematic name propenoic acid acrylic acid a colorless, […]
- Acrylic ester
any of a series of esters derived from the acrylic acids. historical examples it forms an addition product with acrylic ester, which on heating loses nitrogen and leaves trimethylene dicarboxylic ester. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 8, slice 4 various
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