Advantages of Cyanoacrylate Adhesives

One-part. Cyanoacrylates are one-part adhesives, eliminating the need for mixing or metering, but retaining long pot lives. Surface activation is needed occasionally, but this is the exception rather than the rule. 

100% Reactive. Cyanoacrylates contain no solvents, thus removing the need for solvent evaporation and recovery equipment, or the need for dryers such as are required in the case of water-based adhesives. 

Rapid cure. These adhesives cure rapidly at room temperatures, eliminating the need for long-term fixturing or heating. Handling strength 

High strength. High bond strengths are possible with cyanoacrylates. Tensile strengths of 35 MPa and OLS strength of 20 MPa are common on properly prepared metals. 

Versatility. Cyanoacrylates are capable of joining most substrates, either to themselves or to each other. The major exceptions are untreated polyethylene, polypropylene, and Teflon. 

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Advantages of cyanoacrylate adhesives include rapid curing, solvent-free nature, high bond strength, versatility, solvent resistance and their comprising only one part. 

Many of the advantages of cyanoacrylate adhesives have been previously discussed, and derive from their unique combination of attributes. Still a summary of these is in order. They include ... 

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