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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

C15H17N211.3 g/mol Calculated

Also called ABS and ABS plastic.

ABS: the tough, glossy plastic of LEGO bricks, keyboard keys and a common 3D printer filament. Three monomers give it hardness, toughness and gloss.

Sources and notes
  • The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
  • Other namesfrom sourceWikidataIts English label and aliases on Wikidata.
  • Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
  • 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit

Where you encounter it

A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product.

Sources and notes
  • The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.

Explore its structure

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Six carbons in a flat hexagon, sharing their electrons evenly around the ring. It is stable, flat and oily, and it stacks readily against other flat rings.

From: standard chemistry.

Sources and notes
  • The drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKitThe page's one shipped drawing, with the chosen part lit in amber under it.
  • The partscomputedFound by ruleEach part is found by a chemical pattern, never picked by hand atom by atom; its words say where they come from.

Properties and sources

Calculated by PubChem

Molecular formula
C15H17N
Molecular weight
211.3 g/mol
Polar surface areatopological
23.8 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
1
Rotatable bonds
2
Complexity
144

Groups it belongs to

Category
Element & material
Family
Polymers
Chemical groups
Aromatics
Elements
Nitrogen
SMILESC=CC=C.C=CC#N.C=CC1=CC=CC=C1

PubChem CID 24756 · Wikidata Q143496 · InChIKey XECAHXYUAAWDEL-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed

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Questions
What is Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene?
ABS: the tough, glossy plastic of LEGO bricks, keyboard keys and a common 3D printer filament. Three monomers give it hardness, toughness and gloss.
What kind of molecule is Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene?
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene has the formula C15H17N and a molecular weight of 211.3 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under polymers, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
What else is Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene called?
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene is also called ABS plastic. from source
Sources and notes
  • Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
  • Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09