ACRYLIC ACID

FROM PROPYLENE

MEMBERS :
FARIDA SAPTIANI (I 0517028)
N. FAUZIATUL HUSNI (I 05170
RAIHAN RAFIF AL-HAKIM (I 05170
 Acrylic Acid (Propene
acid) is a clear, colourless, corrosive and flammable liquid that has an acrid/pungent
smell is miscible with water, alcohol, ether, benzene, chloroform and acetone. It is a
very versatile, and valuable, industrial chemical as it is a chemical intermediate
utilised in the production of many industrial and consumer products

IUPAC Nomenclature: Propenoic acid

Chemical Formula: CH2CHCO2H
Potential Products : Important industrial chemical as it is a
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Origin

Parameter Description

Raw Material Propylene and Synthesis Gas

Process Produced by vapour-phase oxidation of Propylene. This
description
process involves two reactors, with the first reactor
converting Propylene to Acrolein and the second reactor
converting Acrolein to Acrylic Acid
Propylene Oxidation Route
Based on two steps:

1. Produce acrolein
C3H6 + O2  C3H4O + H2O

2. Oxidized to be acrylic acid

C3H4O + ½O2  C3H4O2
Technical Information

Parameter Description

Supplied Drums 200 litre capacity

Physical Form Colourless, mobile solvent of medium volatility miscible with

all common solvents, e.g. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes,
ethers, glycols and aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons
Density at 20 °C 0.809 - 0.813 g/cm3
Boiling range 116 -118 °C
Other Uses
- Acrylic acid is used in the field of application of

• plastics
• paper manufacture and coating
• exterior house paints for wood and masonry
• coatings for compressed board and related building materials
• flocculation of mineral ore fines and waste water , and treatment of sewage
• printing inks
• interior wall paints
• floor polishes
• floor and wall coverings
• industrial primers
• textile sizing, treatment and finishing
• leather impregnation and finishing
• masonry sealers