Background
Liquid acrylic monomer with a penetrating, acrid odor. Polymerizes to form an odorless, transparent, elastic substance.
Ethyl a cyanoacrylate can be used as screening allergen for acrylate dermatitis with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, and triethylene glycol diacrylate.
SynonymsEthyl a cyanoacrylate
EACA
Ethyl cyanoacrylate
Instant Magic
Krazy Glue
Miracle Glue
Nail Glue
Super Glue
UsesAdhesives
Aircraft and automobile industry
Cosmetics (nail mending kits)
Electronic industry - circuit boards
Leather finish resins
Medicine (binding of tissue, sealing of wounds, ileostomy appliances)
Paint vehicles (water emulsion)
Paper and textile coatings
Perfume
Rubber
Textile and paper coatings
Cross-ReactionsUnusual Reactions
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Referenties
| 1. |
Belsito, D.V., Contact dermatitis to
ethyl-cyanoacrylate-containing glue. Contact Dermatitis, 1987.
17(4): p. 234-6. |
| 2. |
Tomb, R.R., et al., Ectopic contact
dermatitis from ethyl cyanoacrylate instant adhesives. Contact
Dermatitis, 1993. 28(4): p. 206-8. |
| 3. |
Koppula, S., J. Fellman, and F. Storrs,
Screening allergens for acrylate dermatitis associated with
artificial nails. American Journal of Contact Dermatitis, 1995.
6(2): p. 78-85. |
| 4. |
Bruze, M., B. Bjorkner, and J.P.
Lepoittevin, Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from ethyl
cyanoacrylate. Contact Dermatitis, 1995. 32(3): p. 156-9. |
Author(s):Allergology: background information on allergens.
ICD10: L23.9