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.

What is Cocamidopropyl betaine?

Cocamidopropyl betaine is a chemical compound registered under CAS number 4292-10-8. Molecular formula: C19H38N2O3. Molar mass: 342.5 g/mol. IUPAC: 2-[3-(dodecanoylamino)propyl-dimethylazaniumyl]acetate.

What is the CAS number of Cocamidopropyl betaine?

The CAS number of Cocamidopropyl betaine is 4292-10-8 — a unique Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identifier.

What is the molecular formula of Cocamidopropyl betaine?

Molecular formula: C19H38N2O3. Molar mass: 342.5 g/mol. logP (XLogP3): 5.4. PSA: 69.2 Å².

What are the GHS hazards of Cocamidopropyl betaine?

Under the GHS classification, Cocamidopropyl betaine must be labelled with the following hazard statements: H318 (Causes serious eye damage), H401 (Toxic to aquatic life), H411 (Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects).

Where can I buy Cocamidopropyl betaine?

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Where does the chemical data for Cocamidopropyl betaine come from?

Chemical data for Cocamidopropyl betaine comes from authoritative sources: PubChem (NIH), ChEMBL (EBI). PubChem CID: 20280. Compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008), available under the CC-BY 4.0 licence.

Cocamidopropyl betaine

Lauramidopropylbetaine

CAS 4292-10-8 · C₁₉H₃₈N₂O₃ · MW 342.5 g/mol

About Cocamidopropyl betaine

Cocamidopropyl betaine is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 4292-10-8, with the molecular formula C₁₉H₃₈N₂O₃, and a molar mass of 342.5 g/mol.

The molecule contains 62 atoms connected by 61 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is 2-[3-(dodecanoylamino)propyl-dimethylazaniumyl]acetate. 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 = 5.4 (positive value, a lipophilic compound), polar surface area PSA = 69.2 Å², 1 donors and 3 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	C₁₉H₃₈N₂O₃
Masa molowa	342.5 g/mol
IUPAC	2-[3-(dodecanoylamino)propyl-dimethylazaniumyl]acetate
SMILES	`CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)NCCC[N+](C)(C)CC(=O)[O-]`
InChIKey	`MRUAUOIMASANKQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N`
logP (XLogP3)	5.4
PSA	69.2 Å²
HBD / HBA	1 / 3
PubChem CID	CID 20280 ↗

GHS safety

Sygnał: Niebezpieczeństwo

GHS05

GHS09

H318 — Powoduje poważne uszkodzenie oczu

H401 — Działa toksycznie na organizmy wodne

H411 — Działa toksycznie na organizmy wodne, powodując długotrwałe skutki

Scientific literature

Literatura naukowa

20 artykułów · 16 open access · Źródła: PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar

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Difference and Potential of the Upward and Downward Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence on Detecting Leaf Nitrogen Concentration in Wheat

Min Jia, Jie Zhu, Chunchen Ma et al. (2018) · Remote Sensing

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Isobaric Vapor–Liquid-Equilibrium Data Measurement of Toluene with Ethyl Acetate, <i>n</i>-Propyl Acetate, Iso-propyl Acetate, Iso-butyl Acetate, and Iso-amyl Acetate: Experiments and Modeling

Dipak S. Sutar, Nilesh A. Mali, Pravin D. Ghuge (2025) · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

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Vapor−Liquid Equilibrium of Binary Mixtures Containing Methanol + Propyl Acetate, Methanol + Isopropyl Acetate, Vinyl Acetate + Propyl Acetate, and Vinyl Acetate + Isopropyl Acetate at 101.3 kPa

José M. Resa, Cristina González, Salomé Ortiz de Landaluce et al. (2001) · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

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Isobaric Vapor–Liquid Equilibria of Binary Systems (Propyl Acetate + 2-Methylbutan-1-ol), (Propyl Acetate + Hexan-1-ol), and (Propyl Acetate + Heptan-1-ol) at 101.3 kPa

Ye Qi, Yulong Liu, Jingwei Xie et al. (2014) · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

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Low resistance NiO/β-Ga_{2}O_{3} heterojunction diodes grown via molecular beam epitaxy

Dagny Sacksteder, Anna Sacchi, Renae Gannon et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.21901v1)

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Material chemical compositon impacts on the band alignments: Preliminary results on the 3D/2D perovskite interfaces

Philippe Baranek (2026) · arXiv (2609.21654v1)

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Orbital angular momentum accumulation in SrVO3 thin films

Julien Brehin, Montserrat X. Aguilar-Pujol, Dongwook Go et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.21551v1)

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Dual-Sublattice Ferromagnetism Driven by Cooperative Double Exchange and Superexchange at NdNiO$_3$/CaMnO$_3$ Interfaces

Sharup Sheikh, Uditha M. Jayathilake, Michael Terilli et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.21002v1)

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Modeling Dynamic Magnetic Response of Spinel Soft Ferrites with the Steepest-Entropy-Ascent Quantum Thermodynamics Formalism

Deepak Dhariwal, William T. Reynolds, Michael R. von Spakovsky (2026) · arXiv (2609.20062v1)

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Anharmonic Phonon Renormalization and Defect Tolerance of the Thermoelectric Power Factor in Monolayer SnSe

Nguyen Tran Gia Bao, Thang Bach Phan, Vu Thi Hanh Thu et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.20019v1)

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Universality of the $1/9$ Magnetization Plateau and Quantum-Disordered States in the Kagome Family $\mathrm{Cs_8AB_3Ti_{12}F_{48}}$ ($A=\mathrm{Rb},\mathrm{Li}$; $B=\mathrm{K},\mathrm{Na}$)

Prena Chaudhary, Asiri Thennakoon, Tommy Park et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.19572v1)

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Photoresponse properties of single-crystalline thick film based on high-entropy topological insulator (Bi3/4Sb1/4)2(Te2/5Se2/5S1/5)3

Alexei Vasilev, Marina Zhezhu, Oleg Ivanov (2026) · arXiv (2609.18771v1)

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High-Pressure Refractive Indices of NaCl, KCl, CaO, SrO, and MgO Reveal the Dependence of Anion Polarizability on Coordination Number and Bond Length

Konstantin Solovev, Xiangdong Li, Björn Winkler et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.17290v1)

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Adsorbing Boundaries Stratify the Kinetics of Confined Colloidal Phase Separation

Kui Lin, Haiming Lu (2026) · arXiv (2609.16583v1)

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Effect of Near-surface Thermal Spikes on Radiation Hardness of Gallium Oxide

Tomás Fernández Bouvier, Umutcan Bektas, Alexander Azarov et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.15429v1)

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Sodium Incorporation in CsPbBr$_{3-x}$I$_x$ Nanocrystal Electrodes: Lattice Contraction and the Suppression of Field-Driven Iodine Expulsion

Arun Kumar, Monojit Bag (2026) · arXiv (2609.13978v1)

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Heating of black-Si by microwaves at 2.45 GHz: effect of nano-needle orientation

Massimiliano Zamengo, Haoran Mu, Hsin-Hui Huang et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.13683v1)

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$Ab$ $initio$ Study of Substitutional Defects in Li$_{3}$OCl Solid Electrolyte for Li-ion Batteries

Carson D. Ziemke, Naveed Naemi, Ha M. Nguyen et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.12300v1)

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Low temperature thermodynamics of $S_{\mathrm{eff}}=1/2$ triangular lattice quantum spin liquid candidate TlYbS$_2$

Bishnu P. Belbase, Arjun Unnikrishnan, Piyush Chhallare et al. (2026) · arXiv (2609.11881v1)

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Isobaric Vapor–Liquid Equilibria of Binary Systems (Propyl Acetate + <i>n</i>-Pentanol), (Propyl Acetate + 1-Methyl-1-butanol), and (Propyl Acetate + 3-Methyl-1-butanol) at 101.3 kPa

Jinli Zhang, Yulong Liu, Nan Meng et al. (2013) · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

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Synonyms

4292-10-8 · LAURAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE · lauramidopropylbetaine · Amphitol 20AB · N-Laurylamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylbetaine · MACKAM DAB · 23D6XVI233 · MACKAM LMB-F · NSC-8191 · CHEBI:63555 · NSC8191 · 1-Propanaminium, N-(carboxymethyl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-((1-oxododecyl)amino)-, inner salt · 1-Propanaminium, N-(carboxymethyl)-N,N-dimethyl-3-[(1-oxododecyl)amino]-, inner salt · RefChem:1088371 · 1-Propanaminium, N-(Carboxymethyl)-N,N-Dimethyl-3-((1-Oxododecyl)Amino)-

Data sources

📊 PubChem CID 20280 — NIH
🔬 NIST WebBook — spektroskopia
🌐 Wikidata
💊 ChEMBL — bioaktywność

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