Acrylic History

Acrylic (acrylic), common name special processing plexiglass. The research and development of acrylic has a history of more than 100 years. The polymerizability of acrylic acid was first discovered in 1872; the polymerizability of methacrylic acid was known in 1880; the research on the synthesis of propylene polypropionate was completed in 1901; the aforementioned synthetic method was used to try industrial production in 1927; Manufacturing development is successful, and thus enters large-scale manufacturing. Acrylic had excellent toughness and light transmission during World War II. First, it was applied to the windshield of the aircraft and the sight glass of the tank driver ’s cab. The birth of the world's first acrylic bathtub in 1948 marks a new milestone in the application of acrylic.