Acrylic Resin

Name:
Acrylic Resin
Detailed information:

Chemistry name:	acrylic fiber; nitrile rubber
Properties:
Acrylic resins vary from hard, brittle solids to fibrous, elastomeric structures to viscous liquids, depending on the monomer used and the method of polymerization. A distinctive property of cast sheet and extruded rods of acrylic resin is ability to transmit light.
Use:
Bulk-polymerized: hard, shatterproof, transparent or colored material (glass substitute, decorative illuminated signs, contact lenses, dentures, medical instruments, specimen preservation, furniture components). Suspension-polymerized: beads and molding powders (headlight lenses, adsorbents in chromatography, ion-exchange resins). Solution polymers: coatings for paper, textiles, wood, etc. Aqueous emulsions: adhesives, laminated structures, fabric coatings, nonwoven fabrics. Compounded prepolymers: exterior auto paints, applied by spray and baked. Acrylonitrile-derived acrylics are extruded into synthetic fibers and are also the basis of the nitrile family of synthetic elastomers.

See Acrylic Acid; Acrylonitrile; Methyl Methacrylate.