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acrylonitrile

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acrylonitrile

Colourless liquid compound used in the production of acrylic fibres and synthetic rubbers. It polymerizes by a free radical mechanism in the presence of an appropriate catalyst. Commercially, the polymer is woven, and the yarn is known as Orlon.

Acrylonitrile is made by reacting propene, ammonia, and air with a catalyst at 450°C/842°F, a process developed in the 1960s from research into ways of utilizing a worldwide surplus of propene derived from ethene manufacture.



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