How to Use acrylonitrile in a Sentence

acrylonitrile

noun

• Some of the benzene that hadn't already soaked into the ground burned up, along with cars containing ethyl ether and acrylonitrile, a volatile compound used to make plastics and acrylic fibers.
  — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 6 Jan. 2018
• Skip the lipids and try another molecule known as acrylonitrile.
  — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2020
• While their output of 3,432 pounds of acrylonitrile is small, the toxicity is more potent than many others, as determined by the EPA.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 6 July 2022
• This is due to the release of acrylonitrile and 1,3-butadiene AT&F releases chromium and nickel into the air.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 6 July 2022
• This also helps explain carbon fiber’s high price, as just the acrylonitrile itself—two pounds of which are required for each pound of finished product—accounts for more than half of the production cost of carbon fiber.
  — Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver, 29 Jan. 2018
• On Earth, acrylonitrile, also known as vinyl cyanide, is a key component in manufacturing plastic, the article says.
  — Brian Blomster, sacbee, 31 July 2017
• Ken’s body is made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic—the same sturdy material on the inside of most refrigerators.
  — Caity Weaver, GQ, 21 June 2017
• Both forms of cigarette use caused the presence of much higher levels of dangerous chemicals in the users’ bodies, including acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported.
  — Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2018
• Those who preferred fruit flavors tended to use e-cigs more frequently and also had significantly higher levels of one toxin in particular (a cancer-causing chemical known as acrylonitrile).
  — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
• Those who used both types of cigarette had significantly higher levels of dangerous chemicals, including acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide and crotonaldehyde, the team reported.
  — Maggie Fox /, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2018
• The team has definitively detected the molecule acrylonitrile in Titan's atmosphere - a finding that has astrobiological relevance.
  — OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Naphthalene is associated with anemia, liver and neurological damage, while acrylamide and acrylonitrile have been associated with cancer and other health issues.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 June 2022
• NREL researchers are developing materials including ammonia for fertilizer, ethylene for plastics and acrylonitrile for carbon fiber.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2017

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