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Is Acrylic Acid vegan?

Acrylic acid is the simplest unsaturated carboxylic acid, with the formula CH2=CHCOOH, consisting of a vinyl group attached directly to a carboxylic acid group. It is a colourless liquid with an acrid odor, produced synthetically on a large industrial scale and used as a monomer in polymer manufacturing.

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