Silicone adhesives: addition cure

Information on particular types of adhesive may be found in articles cited above and in the following entries Hot melt adhesives. Selection of adhesives. Silicone adhesives addition cure. Silicone adhesives condensation cure. Toughened adhesives. 

Related articles are Silicone adhesives condensation cure and Silicone adhesives addition cure. 

Silicones are widely used in industry, for example, as adhesives, sealants and release agents see Silicone properties and Silicone adhesion. Silicone adhesives may cure by condensation or addition reactions. The former is considered here and the latter in Silicone adhesives addition cure (see also Step polymerization). 

Silicone adhesives addition cure B PARBHOO Cross-linking by addition reactions... 

Silicone adhesives addition cure B PARBHOO Cross-linking by addition reactions Silicone adhesives condensation cure B PARBHOO Cross-linking by step reactions Silicones structures B PARBHOO Chemical structure... 

The two-part sihcone adhesive/sealants do not require moisture to cure and produce a superior deep-section cure. Two types are available addition-cure and condensation-cure. Addition of curing produces no by-products, can be heat-accelerated, produces negligible shrinkage, and provides the best high-temperature resistance of all silicone adhesives. Condensation-cure silicones are not easily inhibited and can be used on a greater variety of materials. ... 

Part of the wide variety in Silicone structures results from different curing mechanisms. Silicone adhesives may cure by addition or condensation reactions the former is considered here, the latter in Silicone adhesives condensation cure. 

Newer silicone adhesives having solids levels up to 97% are also commercially available [109]. Instead of using silanol condensation reactions, they rely on addition chemistry between vinyl functional silicone oligomers and silicon hydride terminated silicones. This addition reaction is typically facilitated with platinum derived catalysts. This hydrosilation process can be run at reduced oven temperatures, but the finished products typically do not yield the same balance of properties as seen for condensation cure materials. 

Typical components of a silicone adhesive based on hydrosilylation addition cure system... 

When formulating a silicone adhesive, sealant, or coating, based on hydrosilylation addition cure, one must consider the following properties of the uncured product pot life, dispensing technique, rheology, extrusion rate, cure performance. These characteristics directly affect the processing properties of the polymer base or crosslinker parts. The degree of cure conversion at the temperature of interest is determined by properties such as tack free time, cure profile and cure time. Once... 

Most commercially available silicone elastomers, and especially those which polymerize by addition-cure, do not, or weakly, adhere to most surfaces. Adhesion promoters known as surface primers are available and are often used to adhere the silicone to the protected... 

The silicone polymer backbone is composed of Si-O-Si bonds. This bond is very strong and stable with a bond energy of 87 Kcal/ mole. The polymer can tolerate 250°C to 300°C without decomposing.— The fully compounded silicone sealant, when cured to a rubber, can withstand 200°C for sustained periods of time with no special additives and even higher temperatures with polymer modifications and/or heat stability additives.— The Sl-O-Si molecular structure is also transparent to U.V., so silicone sealants are virtually unaffected by weather. Samples of silicone sealants used in exterior construction applications have been tested after 20 years of actual performance. These samples exhibited essentially no change in physical properties or adhesion during that time period. 

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