Typical Formulation Ingredients
Ingredient
Parts by weight
Ethyl cellulose (e.g., Dow Ethocel Standard 10)
(Source: “Example Hot Melt Adhesive Formulations Using Ethocel Ethyl Cellulose”, Dow Chemical, 2012.)
Resulting Properties
Ethyl cellulose adhesives adhere well, forming a tough bond to a variety of materials such as glass, leather, metals, cloth, and some plastics. They provide a relatively strong bond to polar substrates. Ethyl cellulose adhesives age fairly well, but discolor in sunlight. The adhesive formulation provided above can be used for manufacturing coatings and heat sealing compounds for food packaging, soap wraps, shelf paper and label coatings.