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Yes, I'm conflating them for dramatic effect, perhaps unfairly. If MMA is on fire, it will produce acrolein, and a lot of other chemicals as well. I've known p
by nerdsniper 5mo ago
Yes, I'm conflating them for dramatic effect, perhaps unfairly. If MMA is on fire, it will produce acrolein, and a lot of other chemicals as well.
I've known people who've died from both, separately, as well as ethyl acrylate and acrylic acid. I've gotten a few bursts of them in the face as well, luckily nothing too awful. I'll repeat that acrylates in general are truly awful chemicals to be exposed to.
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- MarkusQ 5mo ago> I'm conflating them for dramatic effect, perhaps unfairly. And that's exactly the sort of thing I'm objecting to. Conflating things for dramatic effect is also known as "lying". > If MMA is on fire, it will produce acrolein. Citation needed. It burns hot enough that in open air the vast majority of the carbon will go to CO₂ or CO. Oxygen starved, I'd expect the hydrogens to burn off leaving soot. There may be some trace amount of acrolein, but that's true of cooked food too.
- pfdietz 5mo agoSince MMA is used in bone cement for hip replacements, it can't be all that toxic.