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Acrylonitrile

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolacrilonitrilo
Françaisacrylonitrile
DeutschAcrylnitril
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Examples

“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).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

acrylonitrile butadiene styrene acrylonitrilic acryloxy acryloyl acryloyldimethyltaurate acrylyl

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