Method for purifying acrylic acid

摘要

A method for purifying acrylic acid, which comprises carrying out dehydration distillation of an aqueous solution of acrylic acid by means of a dehydration column, wherein a distillation column having a theoretical plate number of at least 3 plates is used as the dehydration column, and the operational temperature of a site corresponding to the second theoretical plate is adjusted to be from 50 to 78° C.