Description
Quick Details
| Chemical Name: | Butyl Methacrylate |
| Other Name: | 2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid butyl ester; Butyl Methacrylate BMA; N-butyl methacrylate |
| CAS: | 97-88-1 |
| EINECS: | 202-615-1 |
| Type: | Pesticide Intermediates; Pharmaceutical raw materials; Organic raw materials |
| Molecular Formula: | C8H14O2 |
| Molecular Weight: | 142.2 |
Chemical Properties
| Melting point | -75 °C |
| Boiling point | 162-165 °C (lit.) |
| density | 0.894 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| vapor density | 4.91 (15 °C, vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 2 mm Hg ( 20 °C) |
| refractive index | n20/D 1.423(lit.) |
| Fp | 123 °F |
| storage temp. | Store below +30°C. |
| solubility | 0.36g/l |
| form | Liquid |
| color | Clear |
| Odor | Moderate acrylate. |
| explosive limit | 2.00-8.00%(V) |
| Water Solubility | 3 g/L (20 ºC) |
| BRN | 773960 |
| Exposure limits | ACGIH: TWA 5 mg/m3 NIOSH: TWA 5 mg/m3 |
| Stability: | Stable (though if no stabilizers are present, it may polymerize; typically stabilized through the addition of HQME). Incompatible with strong reducing agents, strong oxidizing agents. Flammable. Water-reactive at high or low pH. |
Usage
- Antihypertension; Prevent angina pectoris.
- N-butyl methacrylate is used as resin, solvent coating, adhesive, oil additive, lotion for textile, leather and paper finishing, and monomer in contact lens manufacturing.
- N-butyl methacrylate is used in dental resins, oil-dispersed insecticides and acrylic surface coatings, and as copolymers, such as paraffin embedding media.
- Used as monomer of polymer, used for producing modified organic glass, transparent film, finishing agent and polishing agent for paper, fabric and leather, and used as paint solvent.
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