methacrylicadj.
/ˌmɛθəˈkrɪlɪk/, /ˌmiːθəˈkrɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛθəˈkrɪlɪk/ Chemistry.
methacrylic acid n. a colourless water-soluble compound, melting at 15–16°C, which readily polymerizes and is used as a chemical intermediate esp. in the manufacture of polymers; 2-methylpropenoic acid, CH2=C(CH3)COOH.
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urobenzoic acid1836
adipic acid1838
azelaic acid1838
isethionic acid1838
rutinic acid1845
rutic acid1848
glyoxylic acid1856
malonic acid1859
piperic acid1863
butalanine1865
methacrylic acid1865
barbituric acid1866
pichuric acid1866
carboxylic acid1868
gluconic acid1871
xylic acid1872
xylidic acid1872
aconic acid1873
formobenzoic1873
nicotinic acid1873
hydracrylic acid1877
undecylenic acid1879
isonicotinic acid1883
isatoic acid1885
linolenic acid1887
hendecenoic acid1889
heptenoic acid1889
mannonic acid1890
phenolcarboxylic acid1893
naphthenic acid1894
aldonic acid1904
naphthaleneacetic acid1917
heptanoic acid1928
hexuronic acid1928
pantothenic acid1933
neuraminic acid1942
pantoic acid1945
penicillanic acid1953
mevalonic acid1957
retinoic acid1960
isobutyric acid-
1865 E. Frankland & B. F. Duppa in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 18 142 Methacrylic acid is a colourless oil, which..possesses a faint odour, like pyrogallic acid.
1889 G. M'Gowan tr. A. Bernthsen Text-bk. Org. Chem. 166 Meth-acrylic acid..is found in small quantity in Roman camomile oil, and smells like decaying mushrooms.
1939 Brit. Plastics 11 320/1 Methacrylic acid amide copolymerized with other polymerizable compounds.
1972 Materials & Technol. IV. xii. 428 Technical production of methacrylic acid employs the oxidation of isobutene by a mixture of nitric acid and nitrogen dioxide to hydroxyisobutyric acid, which is then dehydrated.
1995 Jrnl. Appl. Polymer Sci. 56 625/1 Two monomers, methacrylic acid (MAA) and MAM, were mixed in different molar ratios to pregraft cotton fabrics for resin finishing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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