poly(methyl methacrylate)

transparent thermoplastic, commonly called acrylic

Class type of: acrylate polymer, ester Q146123

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20 properties

Instance of: type of polymer
Subclass of: acrylate polymer, ester
Short name: PMMA^[10]
CXSMILES: [*]CC(C)(C(=O)OC)[*] |Sg:n:1,2,3,4,5,6,7::ht|
Chemical formula: C₅H₉O₂^[5]
Density: +1.19^[12]
Different from: methyl methacrylate^[11]
Discoverer or inventor: Walter Hermann Bauer^[4]
Limiting oxygen index: +17.3^[25]
Mass: +101.060255^[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft^[18]
OpenStreetMap tag: material=acrylic_glass^[9]
Polymer of: methyl methacrylate^[17]
Product or material produced: Plexiglas, Lucite^[7]^[8]
Recycling code: 07^[27]
Relative permittivity: 2.7 (2.6–3.8, n=5)^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Subject has role: bone cement, vasodilator agent, Antimutagen^[14]^[15]^[16]
Tensile modulus of elasticity: +2.38^[19]
Time of discovery or invention: 1928^[6]
Vicat softening point: +116^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en PMMA en acrylic en acrylic glass en acrylic sheet en Altuglass en plexiglass en Lucite en polymethyl methacrylate en organic glass en Perspex en Plexiglas en Acrylglas en poly(methyl methacrylate) ar بولي ميثيل ميثاكريلات cs polymethylmethakrylát cs plexisklo da Akryl de Plexiglas de Acrylglas de PMMA

🔖 Identifiers · 49

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh89000009
GND ID: 4211340-4, 4310108-2
OpenAlex ID: C2780718992, C2989464291
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Bromine vial in acrylic cube.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300379458, 300419474
BabelNet ID: 00063026n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12125379b
CAS Registry Number: 9011-14-7
ChEBI ID: 53205
ChemSpider ID: 2297496
CosIng number: 79016
DSSTox substance ID: DTXSID1042152

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EC number: 618-466-4
ECHA Substance Infocard ID: 100.112.313
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/polymethyl-methacrylate
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: plexiglas
Europeana Fashion Vocabulary ID: 10934
FAST ID: 1070666
Freebase ID: /m/017c6v
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4165036, 3153581
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: polimetilmetakrilat-99c3f4
Grove Art Online ID: T066586
InChI: InChI=1S/C5H9O2/c1-4(2)5(6)7-3/h1-3H3
InChIKey: PMAMJWJDBDSDHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
J9U entity ID: 987007534300305171
KEGG ID: C19504
Larousse ID: divers/polyméthacrylate_de_méthyle/81220
Lex ID: akryl
MeSH descriptor ID: D019904
MeSH tree code: D02.241.081.069.800.550.500, D05.750.716.822.111.650.605.500, D25.720.716.822.111.650.605.500, J01.637.051.720.716.822.111.650.605.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2780718992, 2910608136
Museum-digital tag ID: 36824
NDL Authority ID: 00560147
NE.se ID: polymetylmetakrylat
PSH ID: 6098
PubChem CID: 3032549
Quora topic ID: PMMA
RKD thesaurus ID: 37448
Reaxys registry number: 8757100
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID: materias/1188377
SureChEMBL ID: 292883, 5390920
Topic's main category: Category:Polymethylmethacrylate
Treccani ID: polimetilmetacrilato
UNII: Z47NNT4J11
UniChem compound ID: 25721844
WordLift URL: data.wordlift.io
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 14618212-n
YSO ID: 4983
ZVG number: 72490

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🔗 Connections

Subject has role 3

vasodilator agent, Antimutagen, bone cement

← Made from material 3

computer case, AquaDom, Rhein II

Subclass of 2

ester, acrylate polymer

Different from 1

methyl methacrylate

Polymer of 1

methyl methacrylate

Product or material produced 1

Plexiglas

Subtypes 1

Plexiglas

← Different from 1

methyl methacrylate

← Monomer of 1

methyl methacrylate

← Product or material produced 1

Rohm and Haas

← SNARC ID 1

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Summary

poly(methyl methacrylate) is a type of polymer^[1]. poly(methyl methacrylate) is a type of acrylate polymer^[2] and ester^[3].

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[4] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — discoverer or inventor (P61): Walter Hermann Bauer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — chemical formula (P274): C₅H₉O₂. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-09-21. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — subclass of (P279): acrylate polymer. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — subclass of (P279): ester. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — time of discovery or invention (P575): 1928. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — product or material produced (P1056): Plexiglas. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — product or material produced (P1056): Lucite. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — OpenStreetMap tag (P1282): material=acrylic_glass. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — short name (P1813): PMMA. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — different from (P1889): methyl methacrylate. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — density (P2054): 1.19 gram per cubic centimetre. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — mass (P2067): 101.060255 dalton. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-09-21. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — subject has role (P2868): bone cement. Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved 2018-03-15. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — subject has role (P2868): vasodilator agent. Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved 2018-03-15. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — subject has role (P2868): Antimutagen. Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved 2018-03-15. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — polymer of (P4600): methyl methacrylate. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject Craft. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — tensile modulus of elasticity (P5480): 2.38 gigapascal. Retrieved 2020-06-22. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — relative permittivity (P5675): 3.12. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — relative permittivity (P5675): 2.76. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — relative permittivity (P5675): 2.6. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — relative permittivity (P5675): 3.8. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — relative permittivity (P5675): 2.7. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — limiting oxygen index (P5929): 17.3 percent. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — Vicat softening point (P5947): 116 °C. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) — recycling code (P5994): 07. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ poly(methyl methacrylate) is an instance of type of polymer (Q119896085) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Egon Willighagen · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Image → Bromine vial in acrylic cube.jpg

"Created claim: Image: Bromine vial in acrylic cube.jpg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791046872089"
6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

ZVG number → 72490

"Changed claim: ZVG number: 72490, см. / see autofix на / on P679"
7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

ZVG number → 72490

Relative permittivity → 3.12, 2.76, 2.6 +2

"Created claim: ZVG number: 072490, batch #275042"
10w ago · Gmrozz · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Relative permittivity → 3.12, 2.76, 2.6 +2

"Created claim: Relative permittivity: 3.12, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787909076212"
25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Mass → 101.060255 dalton

Limiting oxygen index → 17.3 percent

UNII → Z47NNT4J11

Subclass of → acrylate polymer, ester

+ 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 4983, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"

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