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In 1901, at Tuebingen, Germany, a doctoral candidate named Otto Rohm published a thesis describing liquid condensation products obtained from the action of sodium alkyoxides on methyl and ethyl acrylate. He also discussed the chemical nature of the polymer materials formed simultaneously in these reactions. With this work, Dr. Rohm put in motion a chapter of chemical history which blossomed in the ensuing half century into a significant commercial factor in the adhesives, plastics, coatings, and other industries. During this half century, a number of processes have reached commercial utilization for the manufacture of the acrylate monomers and for the variety of polymer materials which are derived from those monomers.
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Gehman, D.R. (1990). Acrylic Adhesives. In: Skeist, I. (eds) Handbook of Adhesives. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0671-9_25
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