Poly(ethyl acrylate)

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 9003-32-1

Properties
Appearance  | colorless solid
Density | 1.13 g/cm3

Refractive index (nD)

| 1.464

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Chemical compound

Poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA) is a family of organic polymers with the formula (CH2CHCO2CH2CH3)n. It is a synthetic acrylate polymer derived from ethyl acrylate monomer. The polymers are colorless. This homopolymer is far less important than copolymers derived from ethyl acrylate and other monomers. It has a low glass-transition temperature between -8 °C[1] and -24 °C.[2]

## Copolymers

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Far more important than PEA are copolymers produced from ethyl acrylate and one or more of the following comonomers methyl methacrylate, styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and butadiene.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Wiley-VCH, ed. (2003-03-11). Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/14356007.a21_157. ISBN 978-3-527-30385-4.
2. ^ Jakubowski, Wojciech; Juhari, Azhar; Best, Andreas; Koynov, Kaloian; Pakula, Tadeusz; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof (2008-03-01). "Comparison of thermomechanical properties of statistical, gradient and block copolymers of isobornyl acrylate and n-butyl acrylate with various acrylate homopolymers". Polymer. 49 (6): 1567–1578\. doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2008.01.047.
3. ^ Penzel, Erich; Ballard, Nicholas; Asua, José M. (2018). "Polyacrylates". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. pp. 1–20\. doi:10.1002/14356007.a21_157.pub2. ISBN 9783527306732.

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