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acrylonitriles

acrylonitriles is the plural of acrylonitrile.

Meaning of acrylonitrile

Noun

acrylonitrile (countable and uncountable, plural acrylonitriles)

  1. A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
    • These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).2017 July 28, Mareen Y. Palmer, “ALMA detection and astrobiological potential of vinyl cyanide on Titan”, in Science Advances, volume 3, number 7

Questions about acrylonitriles

What is acrylonitriles the plural of?
Acrylonitriles is the plural of acrylonitrile.

Words near acrylonitriles in the dictionary

  1. acrylol
  2. acrylonitrile
  3. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
  4. acrylonitrile butadiene styrenes
  5. acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene
  6. acrylonitriles
  7. acrylonitrilic
  8. acryloxies
  9. acryloxy
  10. acryloyl
  11. acryloyldimethyltaurate

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