Talk:Polyacrylic acid

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The chemical structure shown is incorrect. Polyacrylic acid has no methyl group. 144.15.255.227 (talk) 13:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Last edited at 13:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 03:11, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Consumer products

One of the primary reasons I imagine people will be searching for the word "carbomer" is because it is included in the ingredients of many consumer products. Can someone address the physical characteristics, properties, uses, and safety issues of carbomers? I've seen it classified as a thickener, I don't know much more about it.

Here's a basic list of toxicology data: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+7826 -Sowatee (talk) 20:37, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Physical Properties

This section is too vague. Clarify if sodium salt of PAA is really the the commercial powder form. If it is, provide a citation. Perhaps it refers to formulations mixed with additives improving dispersion, in which case this should be stated. SDS for pure PAA that I found says it is up to 100% content. Morycm (talk) 00:09, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Update

Definitely needs updating and improving and more references. I have made a start. GRALISTAIR (talk) 22:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)