Feb 3, 2003 | Article
By Edward M. Petrie
Over the last two decades, environmental and workplace safety regulations on solvents have become increasing stringent. Both the formulator and end-user drive most of the efforts towards...
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Jan 22, 2003 | Article
The differences between adhesives and sealants are sometimes not very clear, and some demanding modern applications make the boundary between these two indispensable products even more hazy. In this...
To insure that adhesives and sealants function well during their application and end-use, the formulator must be able to control the flow properties of the product. The challenge that the formulator...
Jan 8, 2003 | Article
The recycling of products (products that often use adhesives) continues to grow around the world. So, the editorial for this week looks at an interesting niche market– biodegradable adhesives. We...
Dec 18, 2002 | Article
Dec 11, 2002 | Article
Silanes are a group of specialty organofunctional compounds that possess dual reactivity. They can be used as additives, primers, and co-monomers in sealant applications. The silanes react...
Dec 4, 2002 | Article
Nov 21, 2002 | Article
Sometimes research becomes short sighted either due to the economic environment or to concentration on current customers. Modern R&D management seems to be at times micro-managed, not allowing for a...
A reactive hot melt adhesive is any thermoplastic adhesive or sealant that can be applied at elevated temperatures as a liquid melt, cools to become a solid at room temperature, and then...
Nov 18, 2002 | Article
In 2000, demand for emulsion polymers in the global adhesives industry totaled 1.9 million metric tons (dry basis), valued at $3.4 billion. (These totals exclude materials used as carpet adhesives...