The storage tank of the invention for an easily polymerizable compound is
a storage tank having an acceptance piping and a delivery piping and is
characterized by having a circulation line which directly connects the
acceptance piping to the delivery piping or having circulation lines
which respectively connect the acceptance piping to the storage tank and
the storage tank to the delivery piping; the method of storing of the
invention is characterized by storing an easily polymerizable compound in
the storage tank while circulating the compound in the storage tank
through the circulation line(s); the method of pipe jointing and
apparatus therefor of the invention are a method of jointing pipes fitted
to a handling apparatus in a production apparatus, storage apparatus, or
the like for the purpose of transporting a corrosive liquid, the method
being characterized in that the pipes are jointed with flanges, bolts,
and nuts made of a material having resistance to corrosion by the
corrosive liquid; the process for (meth)acrylic acid compound production
of the invention is a process for producing and/or purifying a
(meth)acrylic acid compound, and is characterized in that the temperature
of a purified (meth)acrylic acid compound obtained which is being
supplied to a storage tank is regulated so as to be not higher than the
temperature of the purified (meth)acrylic acid compound residing in the
storage tank; and the process of the invention for producing an easily
polymerizable compound which is a (meth)acrylic acid compound is
characterized in that the temperature of a (meth)acrylic acid
compound-containing liquid which has been discharged as an
off-specification product and is being supplied to a storage tank is
regulated so as to be not higher than the temperature of the
off-specification liquid stored in the storage tank.