poly·acrylic acid
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Definition of polyacrylic acid
: a polymer of acrylic acid : a polycarboxylic acid (−CH2CH(COOH)−)x formed by polymerization of an acrylic ester of acrylonitrile followed by hydrolysis
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The first known use of polyacrylic acid was in 1930
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