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The history of acrylic

2024-06-13

Acrylic (ACRYLIC), commonly known as special treatment plexiglass. The research and development of acrylic has a history of more than one hundred years. The polymerizability of acrylic acid was discovered in 1872;

In 1880, the polymerizability of methacrylic acid was known; in 1901, the synthesis method of propylene polypropionate was completed; in 1927, the aforementioned synthesis method was used to try industrial production;

In 1937, the industrial manufacturing of methyl esters was successfully developed, and it entered large-scale manufacturing. During World War II, because of its excellent toughness and light transmittance, acrylic was firstly applied to the windshield of aircraft.

The visual field mirror of the tank driver's cab. The birth of the world's first acrylic bathtub in 1948 marked a new milestone in the application of acrylic.