methacrylate resin

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noun Chemistry.

an acrylic resin formed by polymerizing the esters or amides of methacrylic acid.

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How to use methacrylate resin in a sentence

Dominic Ware has a scorpion encased in resin on a string around his neck.
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The artist smashed backboards, set them in resin, and welded them together in an aluminum circle.
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His employer was a certain subcontractor of Tepco, called Nito Resin.
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The piece itself was built from a wooden frame and then Jones and his team cast hundreds of swords out for fast cast resin.
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Snow-snakes were small rods of wood, polished smooth with resin, oil, or wax.
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Experiments continuing through several weeks were made in applying solutions of this resin to rats, rabbits and guinea pigs.
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An alcoholic solution of the resin was just neutralized with potassium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
An alcoholic solution of the resin gave the same color reactions with iron salts as did the potassium salt.
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On spontaneous evaporation of the solution, a yellow, sweet smelling resin was left.
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British Dictionary definitions for methacrylate resin

methacrylate resin

noun

any acrylic resin derived from methacrylic acid

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