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Polyacrylonitrile

CAS 25014-41-9

Also registered as 15 other CAS numbers

25038-47-5 · 26298-93-1 · 63908-51-0 · 110866-54-1 · 131495-40-4 · 159704-27-5 · 210353-83-6 · 211997-96-5 · 220020-37-1 · 1201897-85-9 · 1815564-60-3 · 1887762-66-4 · 1908468-05-2 · 2047387-32-4 · 2086703-36-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Polyacrylonitrile in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2-propenenitrile, homopolymer · Acrylonitrile homopolymer · Acrylonitrile polymer · polymeric acrylonitrile/organic fiber (non-hazardous)

What it does

Used in consumer products as a thickener.

  • Thickener
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Polyacrylonitrile appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Raw materials, Road vehicles. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including yarn, reinforcing agent, Surface modifier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Raw materials, Road vehicles. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including yarn, reinforcing agent, Surface modifier.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Polyacrylonitrile yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Polyacrylonitrile in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

5

Named organisations

4

Laboratory suppliesRaw materialsRoad vehiclesFurniture and furnishings

Typical roles

Thickener
See products using Polyacrylonitrile →