acrylamide
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S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2005/np06/en/ (last access: 25 August 2016); http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/acrylamide-fact-sheet (last access: 25 August 2016); EncBrit – https://global.britannica.com/science/acrylamide (last access: 25 August 2016).

N: 1. acrylic + amide.
First Known Use: 1893.
2. A chemical compound in the form of colorless, odorless crystals, used in the synthesis of dyes, paper and textile sizes, in soil conditioning agents, in adhesives, paper and textile sizes, for sewage and waste treatment, ore processing, permanent press fabrics, as a cross-linking agent, and in flocculants.
3. Acrylamide is a chemical used primarily as a building block in making polyacrylamide and acrylamide copolymers. Polyacrylamide and acrylamide copolymers are used in many industrial processes, such as the production of paper, dyes, and plastics, and in the treatment of drinking water and wastewater, including sewage. They are also found in consumer products, such as caulking, food packaging, and some adhesives. Trace amounts of acrylamide generally remain in these products.
4. Researchers in Europe and the United States have found acrylamide in certain foods that were heated to a temperature above 120 degrees Celsius (248 degrees Fahrenheit), but not in foods prepared below this temperature. Potato chips and French fries were found to contain higher levels of acrylamide compared with other foods. The World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations stated that the levels of acrylamide in foods pose a “major concern” and that more research is needed to determine the risk of dietary acrylamide exposure.
5. prop-2-enamide: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).
6. acrylamide: part of the Ingredient Disclosure List of the Hazardous Products Act (Registration SOR/88-64, 31 December, 1987).
7. Chemical formula: CH2CHCONH2 or CH2–H-CO-NH2.

S: 1. MW – http://goo.gl/4AB8UI (last access: 25 August 2016). 2. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/1vFAz2 (last access: 25 August 2016). 3 & 4. http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/acrylamide-fact-sheet (last access: 25 August 2016). 5 to 7. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/1vFAz2 (last access: 25 August 2016).

SYN: 2-propenamide, ethylenecarboxamide, acrylic amide.

S: EncBrit – https://global.britannica.com/science/acrylamide (last access: 25 August 2016)

CR: amide