acrylic acid

English

Noun

acrylic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A colorless liquid unsaturated organic acid, CH₂=CHCOOH; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins; forms acrylate esters by combination with alcohols.

Synonyms

• propenoic acid

Derived terms

• polyacrylic acid

 

Related terms

• acrylamide
• acrylate
• acrylonitrile

Translations

Translations

• Czech: kyselina akrylová f
• Finnish: akryylihappo, propeenihappo
• Greek: ακρυλικό οξύ n (akrylikó oxý)
• Hungarian: akrilsav (hu)
• Irish: aigéad aicrileach m
• Italian: acido acrilico (it)
• Portuguese: ácido acrílico m
• Romanian: acid acrilic (ro) m
• Russian: акри́ловая кислота́ f (akrílovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido acrílico m
• Ukrainian: акри́лова кислота́ f (akrýlova kyslotá)

Further reading

• acrylic acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia