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Acrylic, or poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a compound made op from carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Acrylic paint is not a compound but an suspension of PMMA in water. However, PMMA is hydrophobic and so other compounds need to be added to enable the suspension to form.

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