Does BMA mean n-butyl methacrylate or isobutyl methacrylate?

In most commercial usage the bare abbreviation means the normal isomer, n-butyl methacrylate, CAS 97-88-1. The branched isomer, isobutyl methacrylate, is a different substance with its own identifiers and a different contribution to copolymer hardness, and the tertiary isomer is different again. Because all three are abbreviated loosely in day-to-day correspondence, an order written as BMA alone is ambiguous. Write the full chemical name and the CAS number on every enquiry, purchase order and goods-inwards record.

Why must the monomer not be blanketed with pure nitrogen?

Because the stabiliser used in commercial methacrylate monomers requires dissolved oxygen to function. It intercepts radicals by a mechanism that consumes oxygen, so a drum stripped of oxygen contains an inhibitor that is chemically present and functionally absent. The correct headspace is air, or air diluted with nitrogen to a specified oxygen content, never an inert blanket. This is one of the very few cases in a chemical store where displacing oxygen makes a material more dangerous rather than less, and it catches people whose instinct is trained on flammable solvents.

How should inhibitor content be read on a certificate?

As a starting condition rather than a permanent property. The certificate reports the inhibitor level at release; that level falls in storage as the stabiliser does its job, and it falls faster in warm conditions, in light and in the presence of contamination. A long-stored drum can meet its original certificate on every other line while having very little inhibitor left. Where storage has been long or uncertain, retest the inhibitor level before charging a reactor rather than relying on the release figure.

What is popcorn polymerisation and why does it matter here?

It is a self-propagating, expanding polymer growth that forms in dead legs, vapour spaces, valve bonnets and residues where inhibitor cannot reach. Once seeded it continues under conditions that would not start a normal polymerisation, and it grows mechanically enough to jam valves and distort equipment. The controls are housekeeping controls: no unswept dead legs, no long-standing residues, no lines left full between campaigns, and clean vessels before refilling. It is not a reason to avoid methacrylate monomers, but it is a reason to design the pipework as if the monomer were reactive, because it is.

How does the butyl ester change a copolymer compared with the methyl one?

The four-carbon ester side chain is flexible and bulky, so it loosens chain packing and lowers the temperature at which the polymer softens. Against the methyl ester it gives a softer, more flexible and more extensible polymer, better adhesion and easier film formation, at the cost of hardness and block resistance. Against the corresponding acrylate it gives a harder polymer with the weathering advantage of the methacrylate backbone. Formulators use it as the soft component of an all-methacrylate system, which keeps the durability while tuning flexibility.

Adipic acid is a chemical compound registered under CAS number 124-04-9. Molecular formula: C6H10O4. Molar mass: 146.14 g/mol. IUPAC: hexanedioic acid.

What is the CAS number of Adipic acid?

The CAS number of Adipic acid is 124-04-9 — a unique Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identifier.

What is the molecular formula of Adipic acid?

Molecular formula: C6H10O4. Molar mass: 146.14 g/mol. logP (XLogP3): 0.1. PSA: 74.6 Å².

What are the GHS hazards of Adipic acid?

Under the GHS classification, Adipic acid must be labelled with the following hazard statements: H319 (Causes serious eye irritation).

Where can I buy Adipic acid?

Adipic acid is available in our shop. View the product: https://epchems.online/products/adipic-acid/

Where does the chemical data for Adipic acid come from?

Chemical data for Adipic acid comes from authoritative sources: PubChem (NIH), ChEMBL (EBI). PubChem CID: 196. Compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008), available under the CC-BY 4.0 licence.

Adipic acid

CAS 124-04-9 · C₆H₁₀O₄ · MW 146.14 g/mol

About Adipic acid

Adipic acid is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 124-04-9, with the molecular formula C₆H₁₀O₄, and a molar mass of 146.14 g/mol.

The molecule contains 20 atoms connected by 19 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is hexanedioic acid. The interactive 3D model above lets you view the spatial arrangement of the atoms — you can rotate it with the mouse, zoom with the scroll wheel, and switch between skeletal / Ball & Stick / Space Fill visualization modes.

In terms of physicochemical properties, the partition coefficient logP = 0.1 (positive value, a lipophilic compound), polar surface area PSA = 74.6 Å², 2 donors and 4 hydrogen bond acceptors. These parameters are key when assessing bioavailability and interaction with biomolecules.

Chemical data for this compound comes from PubChem (NIH NLM NCBI), one of the world's largest chemical databases. All information is updated automatically and enriched with GHS hazard statement translations compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008). The widget above may be used for educational, research and commercial purposes.

Physicochemical properties

Wzór sumaryczny	C₆H₁₀O₄
Masa molowa	146.14 g/mol
IUPAC	hexanedioic acid
SMILES	`C(CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O`
InChIKey	`WNLRTRBMVRJNCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N`
logP (XLogP3)	0.1
PSA	74.6 Å²
HBD / HBA	2 / 4
PubChem CID	CID 196 ↗

GHS safety

Sygnał: Uwaga

GHS07

H319 — Działa drażniąco na oczy

Scientific literature

Literatura naukowa

20 artykułów · 4 open access · Źródła: PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar

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Hexanedioic acid mediated surface-ligand-exchange process for transferring NaYF4:Yb/Er (or Yb/Tm) up-converting nanoparticles from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.

et al. (2009)

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Continuous synthesis of organic-inorganic hybridized cubic nanoassemblies of octahedral cerium oxide nanocrystals and hexanedioic acid.

et al. (2008)

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First order temperature dependent phase transition in a monoclinic polymorph crystal of 1,6-hexanedioic Acid: an interpretation based on the landau theory approach.

(2014)

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In vivo studies on the metabolism of hexanedioic acid.

(1975)

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Urinary metabolites of cis-9,10-methylene octadecanoic acid. cis-3,4-Methylene hexanedioic acid and related compounds.

(1979)

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Solid−Liquid Equilibria for Hexanedioic Acid + Benzoic Acid, Benzoic Acid + Pentanedioic Acid, and Hexanedioic Acid + Pentanedioic Acid

Tzu-Chi Wang, Tzu-Yu Lai, Yan-Ping Chen (2010) · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

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Formation of n-hexanedioic acid from hexadecanoic acid by an initial ω oxidation in ketotic rats

Jon Elling Pettersen (1972) · Clinica Chimica Acta

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Antimicrobial Constituents from Root

Jung-Eun Kim, Ji-Hye Seo, Min-Suk Bae et al. (2016) · Natural Product Communications

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Hexanedioic acid

(2007) · Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

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Hexanedioic Acid, Ammonium Salt 19090‐60‐9