poly(methyl methacrylate)
transparent thermoplastic, commonly called acrylic
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Summary
poly(methyl methacrylate) is a type of polymer[1]. poly(methyl methacrylate) draws 6,783 Wikipedia views per month (type of polymer category, ranking #12 of 54).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Walter Hermann Bauer[3]
- Chemical formula: C₅H₉O₂[4]
- Subclass of: acrylate polymer[5], ester[6]
- Commons category: Polymethylmethacrylate[7], Acrylic glass[8]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1928[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polymethylmethacrylate[10]
- Product or material produced: Plexiglas[11], Lucite[12]
- OpenStreetMap tag: material=acrylic_glass[13]
- Short name: PMMA[14]
- Different from: methyl methacrylate[15]
- Density: 1.19 gram per cubic centimetre[16]
- Mass: 101.060255 dalton[17]
- Subject has role: bone cement[18], vasodilator agent[19], Antimutagen[20]
- Polymer of: methyl methacrylate[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[22]
- Tensile modulus of elasticity: 2.38 gigapascal[23]
- Relative permittivity: 3.12[24], 2.76[25], 2.6[26], 3.8[27], 2.7[28]
- Limiting oxygen index: 17.3 percent[29]
- Vicat softening point: 116 °C[30]
- Recycling code: 07[31]
- WordLift URL: http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/polymethyl-methacrylate.html[32]
Why It Matters
poly(methyl methacrylate) has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] poly(methyl methacrylate) is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]