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An adhesive is a substance that bonds two materials together. Common adhesives include glues, pastes, cements, and mucilage. The factors that influence the adhesive strength include the surface tension and porosity of the surfaces, the physical properties of the adhesive film such as tensile strength, the thickness of the adhesive film, and the viscosity of the adhesive solution. The adhesive strength is greatest when the interfacial tension between the adhesive and surfaces is minimized and the modulus of elasticity of the adhesive film matches that of the bonded materials. The curing or drying of the adhesive film under controlled temperature, pressure, and time also impacts the strength of the bond.

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Adhesive - 1

An adhesive is a substance that bonds two materials together. Common adhesives include glues, pastes, cements, and mucilage. The factors that influence the adhesive strength include the surface tension and porosity of the surfaces, the physical properties of the adhesive film such as tensile strength, the thickness of the adhesive film, and the viscosity of the adhesive solution. The adhesive strength is greatest when the interfacial tension between the adhesive and surfaces is minimized and the modulus of elasticity of the adhesive film matches that of the bonded materials. The curing or drying of the adhesive film under controlled temperature, pressure, and time also impacts the strength of the bond.

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UNIT-3

Adhesive
Introduction:
• An adhesive may be regarded as a substance or material capable of uniting or
bonding two other materials together by adhering strongly to the surface of both.
The bond formed should be strong internally, otherwise there would be no
effective bonding.
• In recent years, adhesive is the general terms used for bonding agents and also
includes paste, glue, cement etc.
• Glues, which are mostly used in wood work industry , are prepared from animal
protein such as hides, mucilage and tendons.(A small piece of tissue in body
connects a muscle to a bone)
• Mucilage is an adhesive that can be prepared by vegetable gums and water. It is
generally used for bonding paper.
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• Paste may be regarded as adhesive composition having plastic
consistency. They can be prepared by mixing starch and water and then
cooling.
• Cement means adhesive based on rubbers or thermo plastic resins
dispersed in organic solvents. These adhesives undergo setting by
dehydration or loss of solvent.
• The various important factors that are known to influence the adhesive
action of an adhesive are surface tension, porosity of surface and relative
smoothness, Physical properties of adhesive film, thickness of adhesive
film, viscosity of adhesive solution and methods of application of
adhesives.
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• A liquid adhesive is suitable for a particular surface, if it is capable of
wetting that particular surface. The wettability of a particular adhesive
depends upon viscosity, surface tension and a number of various other
factors of the liquid adhesive.
• The attraction between the liquid adhesive and the surface is greatest
when the interfacial tension between the two is smallest.
• A porous surface has numerous capillaries, while a smooth surface is
free from such capillaries.
• On this basis, materials such as leather, paper, wood and ceramics are
called porous.
• The adhesion of two surfaces is greatly influenced by physical
properties such as compression strength, tensile strength, creep rate,
modulus of electricity etc.
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• The greater the tensile strength, shear strength and compressive strength of a film of
adhesive in between the two surfaces, the greater would be the adhesive strength.
• If the modulus of elasticity ( the property which indicated the ability of adhesive to
absorb and distribute loads from one surface to another) of adhesive film is almost
equal to that of the materials bonded together, the bond is the strongest.
• Adhesion of the adhesive film to bonded surfaces is independent of the thickness of
the adhesive film.
• The viscosity factor, has no effect on the strength of thee joint when bonding or
adhesion of surfaces is carried out under pressure and thickness of adhesive film is
controlled by pressure.
• The strength of the joint, in general, is influenced by temperature, pressure and time.
Temperature and time determine whether the film of the adhesive is fully cured or
dried. Pressure is necessary for porous surfaces for developing sufficient cohesive
strength to keep the joints together.

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