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... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Dental Materials > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate
... > Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Plastics > Resins, Synthetic > Acrylic Resins > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acrylates > Polymethacrylic Acids > Methylmethacrylates > Polymethyl Methacrylate

Preferred term

Polymethyl Methacrylate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Polymerized methyl methacrylate monomers which are used as sheets, moulding, extrusion powders, surface coating resins, emulsion polymers, fibers, inks, and films (From International Labor Organization, 1983). This material is also used in tooth implants, bone cements, and hard corneal contact lenses.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 25188-97-0 (syndiostatic)
  • 25188-98-1 (isostatic)
  • 52441-54-0 (simplex opaque)
  • 55840-51-2 (surgical simplex P)
  • 64924-61-4 (surgical simplex bone cement, NH4 salt)
  • 9008-29-1 (plexiglass)
  • 9011-14-7
  • PMMA
  • Polymethylmetacrylate
  • Poly(methyl methacrylate)
  • Polymethylmethacrylate

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Poly(méthacrylate de méthyle)

    French

  • 25188-97-0 (syndiostatic)
  • 25188-98-1 (isostatic)
  • 52441-54-0 (simplex opaque)
  • 55840-51-2 (surgical simplex P)
  • 64924-61-4 (surgical simplex bone cement, NH4 salt)
  • 9008-29-1 (plexiglass)
  • 9011-14-7
  • PMMA

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CW3CH7Z2-4

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