Acrylic resins, data sheets

The manufacturing of alkyd resins involves a wide variety of organic ingredients. Whereas most of them are relatively mild and of low toxicity, some, such as phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, solvents, and many of the vinyl (especially acrylic) monomers, are known irritants or skin sensitizers and are poisonous to humans. The hazard potential of the chemicals should be determined by consulting the Material Safety Data Sheets provided by the suppliers, and recommended safety precautions in handling the materials should be practiced. 

Henriks-Eckerman M-L, Kanerva L (1997) Product analysis of acrylic resins compared to information given in material safety data sheets. Contact Dermatitis 36 164-165 Henriks-Eckerman M-L, Laijoki T (1986a) Aliphatic polyamines and epoxy oligomers in cold cured epoxy products (in Finnish with English summary). Tyoterveyslaitoksen tut-kimuksia 4 37-40 (summary p 69)... 

Henriks-Eckerman ML, Kanerva L (1997) Product analysis of acrylic resins compared to information given in material safety data sheets. Contact Dermatitis 36 164-165... 

This area of adhesives technology is obviously where the polymer chemist plays a crucial role but a review of the basic chemistry of adhesives and of the formulation of adhesives is well beyond the scope of the present book. For such information the reader should consult references, such as Skeist s excellent Handbook of Adhesives [1] where these aspects are reviewed in detail for every imaginable chemical type of adhesive. There are also many specialized articles and chapters devoted to particular adhesive types such as those available on natural materials [2], solutions and latices [3], hot-melts [4], polyurethanes [5,6], phenolics [7], epoxies [8,9], acrylics [10,11], imide resins [12,13] and pressure-sensitive adhesives [14,15]. To translate from a particular chemical type of adhesive into a commercially available product reference may be made to the technical data sheets provided by the adhesives companies and to adhesive product directories, such as that produced by Shields [16]. 

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