Characteristics of Adhesive Materials

This chapter has been adapted from Characteristics of Adhesive Materials in Adhesives Technology Handbook (2 ed), Ebnesajjad 2008 Elsevier Inc. 

The development of plastics and elastomers has rapidly advanced the development of adhesives and has given formulators a wide variety of products that can change and improve various properties of adhesives, such as flexibility, toughness, curing or setting time, temperature, and chemical resistance. 

Adhesives touch our lives every day. They are never more than an arm s length away, even though we may not be aware of their presence. Descriptions, as follows, of some of the more common types of adhesives and their uses should make you more aware of how adhesives touch your life. 

Fish glue is a similar protein-based glue made from the skins and bones of fish. An exceptionally clear adhesive can be made from fish and was the first adhesive used for photographic emulsions for photo film and photo resist coatings for photoengraving processes. 

Casein glue is made from a protein isolated from milk. The extraction process creates an adhesive that is waterproof. Its first use was in bonding the seam of cigarette paper. It provides a fast setting bond that requires very little adhesive 1 g of adhesive can bond 2000 cigarettes. 

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Characteristics of Adhesive Materials Table 5.3 Most Important Tape and Film Adhesives ... 

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