Acrylic acid

prop-2-enoic acid, acroleic acid, ethylene carboxylic acid, propene acid, propenoic acid, vinyl formic acid, 2-propenoic acid

How to detect Acrylic acid

Formula: C3H4O2 | CAS: 79-10-7

Synonyms: prop-2-enoic acid, acroleic acid, ethylene carboxylic acid, propene acid, propenoic acid, vinyl formic acid, 2-propenoic acid

Used almost exclusively in the production of various acrylic polymers.

Specification

Specification Value/Information
Formula C3H4O2
CAS no. 79-10-7
Gas Response Factor, 11.7 eV 3.0
Gas Response Factor, 10.6 eV 21.00
Gas Response Factor, 10.0 eV ZR
ppm per mg/m⁻³, (20 °C, 1 bar) 0.334
Molecular Weight, g/mole 72.1
Melting point, °C 13
Specification Value/Information
Boiling point, °C 139
Flash point, °C 54.4
Upper Explosive Limit, % 19.8
Lower Explosive Limit, % 2.4
Density, g.cm⁻³ 1.051
Ionisation Energy, eV 10.6
NIOSH TWA REL, ppm 2
NIOSH TWA REL, mg.m⁻³ 6