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Engineering and Structural Adhesives, Rapra Review Report
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Engineering and Structural Adhesives, Rapra Review Report
Vol. 15, No. 1, Report 169, 2004
By D.J. Dunn, FLD Enterprises Inc.
Engineering and structural adhesives are high strength, designed to support loads. They are often subjected to severe environmental conditions, for example in external construction applications or pipe joints. Adhesives are used to bond many different material types including ceramics, metals, glass, plastics and composites. Composites are displacing many traditional materials in structural applications and the potential interaction of adhesive polymer systems with the materials being bonded is a particular advantage. Long-term performance is critical in many applications and adhesive joint strength and failure mechanisms have been studied.
The key advantages of adhesives include the distribution of loads across the entire joint area, excellent fatigue properties, the attenuation of mechanical vibrations and sound, sealant functions, a reduction in galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals, and a faster more cost-effective assembly method.
There is a wide choice of adhesive types. Differences include curing characteristics, one- or two-component systems, varying physical and mechanical properties, and resistance to chemicals and moisture. Health and safety issues are also a consideration with adhesive selection (as with all chemicals), but the move away from halogenated solvent based systems is improving this situation.
The most important adhesives for structural and engineering applications are: anaerobics, epoxies, reactive acrylics, polyurethanes, reactive hot melt polyurethanes and cyanoacrylates. There are also speciality adhesives available for extreme temperature conditions, such as bismaleimides and polybenzimidazoles.
This Rapra Review Report discusses the types of adhesives in use, properties, advantages and disadvantages, and applications. It is very clearly written, well referenced and provides an excellent overview of a rapidly developing field. The author is an expert with many years of experience in adhesive research and development.
The review is accompanied by around 400 abstracts compiled from the Polymer Library, to facilitate further reading on this subject. A subject index and a company index are included.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Types of Structural Adhesives
2.1 Anaerobic Adhesives
2.2 Epoxy Adhesives
2.3 Reactive Acrylic Adhesives
2.4 Polyurethane Adhesives
2.5 Reactive Hot Melt Polyurethanes (RHMUs)
2.6 Cyanoacrylate Adhesives
3 Applications for Adhesives
4 Advances in Adhesives
4.1 Bonding of Metals
4.1.1 Bonding of Aluminium
4.1.2 Bonding of Dissimilar Metals and Metals to Other Substrates
4.2 Bonding of Plastics and Composites
4.2.1 General Plastic and Composite Bonding
4.2.2 Bonding of Specific Plastics
4.2.2 Bonding of Non-Polar Plastics
4.2.2.1 Flame Treatment
4.2.2.2 Chemical Surface Treatment
4.2.2.3 Plasma Treatment
4.2.2.4 Other Surface Treatments
4.2.2.5 Polymer Modification
4.2.2.6 Surface Primers
4.3 Bonding of Glass and Ceramics
5 Durability of Adhesively Bonded Structures
5.1 Surface Treatments for Metals
5.2 Testing and Inspection of Adhesive Bonds
6 Applying and Curing of Adhesives
7 Standards for Adhesives
7.1 ISO Standards
7.2 European Standards
7.3 ASTM Standards
8 Health and Safety Issues
9 Future Trends
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