Acrylonitrile

prop-2-enenitrile, acrylonitrile monomer, AN, cyanoethylene, propenenitrile, 2-propenenitrile, VCN, vinyl cyanide, vynilformic acid, cyanoethene, acrylnitrile, propenonitrile

How to detect Acrylonitrile

Formula: C3H3N | CAS: 107-13-1

Synonyms: prop-2-enenitrile, acrylonitrile monomer, AN, cyanoethylene, propenenitrile, 2-propenenitrile, VCN, vinyl cyanide, vynilformic acid, cyanoethene, acrylnitrile, propenonitrile

Acrylonitrile is used in large quantities in the manufacture of a range of rubbers, plastics and resins, often with copolymers styrene or butadiene. It is also a precursor in the manufacture of acrylic acid and its polymeric derivatives and acrylics. Acrylonitrile is also used as a fumigant.

Specification

Specification Value/Information
Formula C3H3N
CAS no. 107-13-1
Gas Response Factor, 11.7 eV 1.60
Gas Response Factor, 10.6 eV ZR
Gas Response Factor, 10.0 eV ZR
ppm per mg/m⁻³, (20 °C, 1 bar) 0.453
Molecular Weight, g/mole 53.1
Melting point, °C -83
Boiling point, °C 77
Flash point, °C -5
Upper Explosive Limit, % 28
Specification Value/Information
Lower Explosive Limit, % 2.8
Density, g.cm⁻³ 0.806
Ionisation Energy, eV 10.91
EH40 TWA, ppm 2
EH40 TWA, mg.m⁻³ 4.4
NIOSH ST, ppm 10
NIOSH TWA REL, ppm 1
NIOSH ceiling, ppm 10
NIOSH IDLH, ppm 85
OSHA TWA PEL, ppm 2

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