Engineering and Structural Adhesives

✍ Scribed by Dunn, Dave J.

• Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
• Year: 2010-09-30
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 150
• Series: Rapra Review Reports) (Vol 15,No.1
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This review discusses the types of engineering and structural adhesives in use, properties, advantages and disadvantages, and applications. The author is an expert with many years of experience in adhesive research and development. The review is accompanied by around 400 abstracts from papers and books in the Rapra Polymer Library database, to facilitate further reading on this subject.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 11
2 Types of Structural Adhesives......Page 13
2.1 Anaerobic Adhesives......Page 14
2.2 Epoxy Adhesives......Page 15
2.3 Reactive Acrylic Adhesives......Page 16
2.5 Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethanes (RHMUs)......Page 17
3 Applications for Adhesives......Page 18
4.1 Bonding of Metals......Page 19
4.1.2 Bonding of Dissimilar Metals and Metals to Other Substrates......Page 21
4.2.1 General Plastic and Composite Bonding......Page 22
4.2.2 Bonding of Specific Plastics......Page 23
4.3 Bonding of Glass and Ceramics......Page 26
5 Durability of Adhesively Bonded Structures......Page 27
5.1 Surface Treatments for Metals......Page 28
6 Applying and Curing of Adhesives......Page 30
8 Health and Safety Issues......Page 32
9 Future Trends......Page 36
Additional References......Page 37
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 38
Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database......Page 39
Subject Index......Page 129
Company Index......Page 143