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The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank

3+ hour, 45+ min ago  (320+ words) Methyl methacrylate is the monomer used to make PMMA, the clear plastic sold as Plexiglas, Perspex, and Lucite; acrylic paint is the same material in water. Left alone, the molecules link into chains in a self-feeding reaction, and "we are…...