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In recent years, with the rapid development of China's home appliance industry and automobile industry, China has become one of the fastest growing countries in the global acrylonitrile market. The downstream products of acrylonitrile are widely used in the fields of automobile, household appliances, clothing, medicine and other important areas of life. Today we will talk about what acrylonitrile is and what its uses are.

What is acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile is made from propylene and ammonia through a series of oxidation reactions and refining processes. It is an organic compound with the chemical formula of C3H3N. It is a colorless liquid with a pungent smell. Acrylonitrile is highly flammable, easy to be ignited by sparks, or spontaneous combustion due to reaction with some oxidants, so it needs to be stored in a cabinet with good ventilation conditions away from open flames and reactive chemicals.

What are the uses and functions of acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile is an important raw material for plastics, synthetic rubber and synthetic fiber. Downstream products are mainly concentrated in the three fields of acrylic fiber, ABS and acrylamide. Acrylonitrile can be copolymerized with butadiene to produce nitrile rubber, acrylonitrile can be copolymerized with styrene and butadiene to produce ABS resin, and acrylonitrile can be hydrolyzed to produce acrylamide, acrylic acid and esters.

Future development of acrylonitrile

With the development of production technology, the production capacity growth of China's acrylonitrile market has been higher than the downstream demand growth. In 2021, the export of acrylonitrile will exceed the import. It is estimated that the export volume of China's acrylonitrile and the exporting countries will further increase in the next five years. In the future, the main consumers of acrylonitrile market will shift to the export direction.