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For most of the chemicals listed in this catalog we provide hazard, handling, and storage codes as well as technical data. The information
provided is believed to be current at time of printing, but is provided without warranty of any kind. We do not warrant that chemicals
listed without codes are necessarily hazard free or that all codes are listed for each chemical.
A typical catalog entry can be read as follows:
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1. Product Name
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Acrylic acid min. 99.5% [79-10-7] BEHJ7g MW 72.1 mp 13° bp 139°
n20 I.420 200 ppm MEHQ inhibitor Tg 106° TSCA
Copolymerizes with many other monomers to introduce acid groups which are
important in crosslinking, adhesion promotion, and stabilization of emulsion polymers.
Homopolymers are water-soluble.
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2. Purity: min; minimum, > greater than; ~ around
3. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry
Number
4. Hazard, Storage and Handling Codes
(see next page)
5. MW - Molecular weight or average molecular
weight in the case of polymers.
Mw - Weight Average Molecular Weight
Mn - Number Average Molecular Weight
6. mp: melting point in ° centigrade.
dec: with decomposition
7. bp: boiling point in ° centigrade at atmospheric
pressure unless pressure is specified in
millimeter (mm) of mercury
8. Polysciences, Inc. catalog number
For more information please call (800) 523-2575 or visit: polysciences.com
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9. Quantity of pack
10. Price (in U.S. dollars)
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11. Refractive index at 20° C on D-line.
Abbreviated also as R.I.
12. Inhibitor level in parts per million unless
specified otherwise.
HQ - Hydroquinone
MEHQ - methyl ether of hydroquinone
BHT - butylated hydroxy toluene
PTZ - Phenothiazine
13. Glass transition of polymer in ° centigrade
14. Listed in TSCA inventory
15. Density in gram/cc at 20° C
16. i.v. - inherent viscosity as dl/g at 20° C
Rel. vis. - dimensionless ratio at 20° C
00020-250 250g 25.50
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Poly(methyl methacrylate) [9011-14-7] A2g d 1.20 nD
1.49 Tg 105° TSCA
i.v. 0.18 MW 25,000 atactic beads, 200μm Polydispersity ~3.0 04554-500 500g
i.v. 0.40 MW 75,000 atactic beads, 200μm Polydispersity ~2.8 04554-500 500g
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MW 100,000 atactic pellets 17913-500 500g
i.v. 1.25 MW 350,000 atactic beads Polydispersity 2.7 04552-500 500g
Hard, stable, non-yellowing polymer used in coating and in molded clear plastic objects.
Soluble in: acetone, toluene, chloroform, MEK, THF.
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