acrylic acid
noun
: an unsaturated liquid acid C3H4O2 that polymerizes readily to form useful products (such as constituents for varnishes and lacquers)
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The team then used acrylic acid as the gel’s crosslinker and an electrolyte with a fluorine-free lithium salt to provide lithium ions.
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ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid).
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
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ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
Romanowski adds that these alcohols usually get thickened by some kind of acrylic polymer such as Carbomer (a group of polymers made from acrylic acid).
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
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