Gordon Aerolite adhesive

It was the seareh for a suitable adhesive to bond Gordon Aerolite , a structural composite developed in 1936 and comprising a phenolic resin matrix reinforced with flax fibres, which led to the development of Redux and the Redux Process. 

The ability to join dissimilar materials De Bruyne originally had in mind the use of adhesives to join combinations of metal, wood and Gordon Aerolite. However, it is just as valid today when considering the structural bonding of the range of fibre reinforced composites that are now used in... 

From the start, de Bruyne and Newell realized that use of the available adhesives (or glues) would not be suitable for joining nonporous substrates such as Gordon Aerolite. As Gordon Aerolite was based on phenolic resole chemistry, it was toward these systems that de Bruyne turned for his adhesive. Several years of noncontinuous research led to the discovery, on February 24, 1942, of an adhesive... 

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