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Feb 25, 2009 | Article
By Andy Extance
Adhesives are a great example of how food production and extraction of useful chemicals can coexist. Starch boiled out in the process of turning cassava root into an edible flour offers a very low...
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Jun 4, 2008 | Article
Oct 25, 2006 | Article
During the last two decades, significant advances have been made in the development of biodegradable polymers. These materials have been developed in a variety of forms, and thus have potential uses...
Oct 25, 2005 | Article
Polymers have been used as additives in cement mortars and concrete since the 1920s when natural rubber latex was added to road paving materials.1 Since then, there has been considerable development...
Feb 3, 2003 | Article
As a group, natural adhesives represent the oldest adhesives known to man. Throughout history, natural sources have dominated the adhesive formulators' stockpile of raw materials. In fact, it has...
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
By Edward M. Petrie
Identify areas of opportunity for new adhesives (laminating, heat-seal, pressure sensitive…) for flexible packaging and apply optimal practices to meet the fast evolving performance demands and...
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Achieve unmet water-based adhesives performance needs (optimal flow, faster drying...) & reduce costs with renewed formulation strategy & smart selection of multifunctional rheology...
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A SpecialChem Client is offering a film-forming, self-crosslinking, air-curable material that absorbs and holds liquids, vapors and proteins...
A SpecialChem Client is offering an analytical method to speed up time-to-market of advanced bio-formulation; by experimentally determining the Hansen Solubility Parameters...
Request For Proposal
A leading manufacturer of industrial parts is looking for a technology improving adhesion on polyolefin...