polylactic acid

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polylactic acid

Summary

polylactic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • polylactic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • polylactic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Polylactid sceletal.svg[4].
  • polylactic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 26100-51-6[5].
  • polylactic acid's subclass of is recorded as polyester[6].
  • polylactic acid's subclass of is recorded as organic polymer[7].
  • polylactic acid's subclass of is recorded as homopolymer[8].
  • polylactic acid's Commons category is recorded as Polylactides[9].
  • polylactic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[10].
  • polylactic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[11].
  • polylactic acid's has part is recorded as hydrogen[12].
  • polylactic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/071vkz[13].
  • polylactic acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 53407[14].
  • polylactic acid's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph613272[15].
  • polylactic acid's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300389999[16].
  • polylactic acid's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000345829[17].
  • polylactic acid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/polylactic-acid[18].
  • polylactic acid's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PLA'}[19].
  • polylactic acid's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ПЛА'}[20].
  • polylactic acid's HSDB ID is recorded as 8244[21].
  • polylactic acid's YSO ID is recorded as 24357[22].
  • polylactic acid's CosIng number is recorded as 58660[23].
  • polylactic acid's DSSTox substance ID is recorded as DTXSID20904011[24].
  • polylactic acid's Quora topic ID is recorded as Polylactic-Acid[25].
  • polylactic acid's polymer of is recorded as DL-lactic acid[26].
  • polylactic acid's safety classification and labelling is recorded as NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response[27].

Why It Matters

polylactic acid ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ChEBI release 2019-10-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Hazardous Substances Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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