Product Information
Chemicals/Elastomers/Rubber
Chemicals/Elastomers/Rubber
Methacrylate Derivatives
Methacrylic acid
- General name
- MAA, methacrylic acid, GMAA
- Sales format
- Liquid (drum cans, ISO containers, tanker trucks)
MAA is used for various esters
Since 1959, Kuraray has manufactured MMA and developed its MMA business from upstream to downstream. MAA is manufactured by dehydrating and hydrolyzing intermediates in the MMA production process. MAA is a useful material for various esters, lubricant additives and concrete admixtures, among other applications.
Applications
Esters
Additive for lubricants
Admixture for concrete
Paints, emulsions
Latex
DFR (dry film resist/photopolymers)
Characteristics
Names of chemicals (product names)
Methacrylic acid
CAS number
79-41-4
Chemical Substances Control Law number
(2)-1025
Standard grades and properties
Form
Liquid
Color
Colorless
Odor
Pungent odor
pH
No data
Melting point
15ºC
Boiling point
161ºC
Flash point
73ºC (tag closed cup test)
Flammability limits
Lower: 1.6 vol %. Upper: 8.8 vol %
Vapor pressure
133.3 Pa ( 1mmHg) (25.5ºC)
1333 Pa (10mmHg) (60.6ºC)
Vapor density
No data
Specific gravity
1.015 (20ºC)
Water solubility
Highly soluble
Partition coefficient: n-octanol/water
Log Pow=0.93 (actual measurement)
Spontaneous combustion temperature
No data
Electrical conductivity
23.3pS/m (30ºC)
Refractive index
1.4320 (20ºC)
Viscosity
1.30×10-3Pa･s (20ºC)
Contact us
Click here for inquires (Methacrylic acid)- Chemicals Marketing and Sales Section,
Methacrylate Materials Marketing and Sales Department, Methacrylate Division
Kuraray Co., Ltd. - Tokiwabashi Tower, 2-6-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-6701-1531
Fax.: +81-3-6701-1575
