Rubber-based adhesive chemistry

In the next sections, the manufacture, chemistry and properties of the main ingredients of the rubber base adhesives will be considered. 

The section on chemistry of adhesives evolves from rubber-based adhesives to semi- structural and finally to structural adhesives. Everaerts and Clemens provide a thorough description of chemistry and applications of pressure sensitive adhesives and Kinning and Schneider describe an enabling technology for pressure... 

Martin-Martinez JM (2002) Rubber base adhesives, chapter 13. In Chaudhury M, Pocius AV (eds) Adhesion science and engineering — surfaces chemistry and applications, vol 2. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 573-675... 

Plasticizers are used in butyl rubber, polyureAane, polysulfide, solvent aerylies, polyvinyl acetate, and silicone rubber adhesives and sealants. The compatibility of the plasticizer depends on base polymer chemistry. Plastieizers for silicone systems are low molecular weight... 

Usually, sealants and adhesive materials for construction applications are evaluated by looking at the engineering side, butnotthe chemistry of the material. As a result, only tests that measure the mechanical properties are used. Most of the studies on the viscoelastic properties use traditional tests such as tensile testing to obtain data, which can be used in complicated mathematical equations to obtain information on the viscoelastic properties of a material. For example, Tock and co-workers studied the viscoelastic properties of stmctural silicone rubber sealants. According to the author, the behavior of silicone mbber materials subjected to uniaxial stress fields carmotbe predicted by classical mechanical theory which is based on linear stress-strain relationship. Nor do theories based on ideal elastomers concepts work well when extensions exceed... 

Many other one-step adhesive dips for polyester fibers have been patented over the last 15 years. The adhesion activating agents in the RFL dip are usually based on isocyanates or cyanurates such as triallyl cyanurate, triphenyl cyanurate, etc. Other agents are also used based on condensation polymers similar to that used in Pexul. A more detailed discussion on this subject is given in Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 58, No. 3 (1985). 

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