Synthetic adhesive
Description
An adhesive composed of a synthetic resin or elastomer. Synthetic resins used as adhesives provide a wider range of properties than natural based adhesives. Examples of synthetic adhesives are:
1) Thermoplastic resins - nitrate cellulose nitrate, acetate polyvinyl acetate, vinyl acetate ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamides, resin polyesters, resin acrylics, and cyanoacrylics.
2) Thermoset resins - formaldehyde resin phenol formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin urea formaldehyde, unsaturated polyesters, epoxies, and polyurethanes.
3) Elastomers - natural natural rubber, rubber butyl rubber, polybutadiene, rubber styrene-butadiene rubber, rubber nitrile rubber, resin silicone, and neoprene.
Synonyms and Related Terms
synthetic adhesives; adhesivo sinttico (Esp.)
Comparisons
Physical Properties for Selected Thermoset Resins
Physical Properties for Selected Thermoplastic Resins
General Characteristics of Polymers
Authority
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "adhesive" Encyclopdia Britannica [Accessed February 12, 2002].
- Irving Skeist, Irving Skeist, Handbook of Adhesives, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1977