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Adhesives Ingredients
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Adhesives Ingredients

Solvent Cement for Joining PVC Pipe

Adhesives Formulation

Applicable Type
Applicable Base Polymer
Applicable Industrial Sectors

Applicable Base Polymer Properties

Polyvinyl chloride is added to the solvent system to provide body to the adhesive and a compatible bondline with the substrates. The bonding process is mainly through the diffusion of the solvent into the substrates and the added PVC polymer acts mainly to increase viscosity to hold it in the glue area and to provide a degree of flexibility to the final bonded joint.

Typical Formulation Ingredients

Ingredient
Parts by weight
Polyvinyl chloride resin (Vinnol H11/59, Wacker Chemie AG) 
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Solvent - Cyclohexanone 
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Solvent - Methyl ethyl ketone 
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Fumed silica (Aerosil 200, Evonik) 
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(Source: Polybrand FZCO) 
 

Typical Properties

Properties
Solids content, % 
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Brookfield viscosity, spindle 5, mPa•s: 
 
20 RPM 
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50 RPM 
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100 RPM 
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Resulting Properties

The above formulation is a low viscosity liquid that is applied to the substrates and then the substrates are brought together and held under moderate pressure until the solvent in the adhesive has had time to diffuse into the substrate and evaporate. PVC can be bonded with solvent solutions containing ketones. Methyl ethyl ketone is commonly used as a solvent cement for low and medium molecular weight PVC copolymers. High molecular weight copolymers require cyclohexane or tetrahydrofurane as solvent cements. The solvent cement described above works satisfactorily to bond flexible PVC to itself.

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