Definition of Methacrylic acid

1. Noun. An unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics.

Exact synonyms: 2-methylpropenoic Acid
Generic synonyms: Acid

Definition of Methacrylic acid

1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless liquid, an unsaturated organic acid, used in the manufacture of resins and plastics, with the chemical formula CH2:C(CH3)COOH. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Methacrylic acid

1. Occurs in oil from Roman camomile; used in the manufacture of methacrylate resins and plastics. Synonym: methylacrylic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methacrylic Acid

meteyards
metflurazon-N-demethylase
metformin
metformins
meth
meth-
methacholine
methacholine chloride
methacholine compounds
methacrolein
methacrylaldehyde
methacrylate
methacrylate resin
methacrylates
methacrylic
methacrylic acid (current term)
methacycline
methacycline hydrochloride
methadon
methadone
methadone hydrochloride
methadones
methadons
methadyl acetate
methaemoglobin
methaemoglobinaemia
methafurylene
methallenestril
methallibure

Literary usage of Methacrylic acid

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

1. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"... during distillation is partly decomposed into solid crotonic acid and methacrylic acid, CH2=C . (CH2) . COOH, which boils at 160° and solidifies at 16°. ..."

2. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"Boiling alkalies change it into HC1, CO2 and methacrylic acid, ... It melts at 148°, and when boiled with water yields CO2, HBr and methacrylic acid. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"methacrylic acid was first obtained in the form of its ethyl ... A polymeric form of methacrylic acid, has been described by F. Engelhorn (Ann., 1880, 200, ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"When boiled with a solution of carbonate of soda it yields methacrylic acid, and when its silver salt is heated with water to 130° it splits up into carbon ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Crotonic acid; a-methacrylic acid: CHa.CH~CH.COOH.—Crotonic acid is formed—i. by oxidation of crotonic aldehyde (1650) ; 2. by dry distillation of ..."

6. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"... acid in the same manner as methacrylic acid.—Colorless needles, fusing at 62°; conducts itself towards fusing potassa the same as angelic acid. 4. ..."

7. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"The ethylic ether thus formed is converted into methacrylic acid by saponi- fication with potash in (he usual way. In this manner the following iso- acrylic ..."

8. Code of Federal Regulations: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as of April 1, 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(b) For the purpose of this section, the methacrylic acid copolymers with ethylene and isobutyl acrylate consist of basic copolymers produced by the ..."

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