The Handbook of Adhesive Technology, Second Edition exceeds the ambition of its best-selling forerunner by reexamining the mechanisms driving adhesion, categories of adhesives, techniques for bond formation and evaluation, and major industrial applications. Integrating modern technological innovations into adhesive preparation and application, this greatly expanded and updated edition comprises a total of 26 different adhesive groupings, including three new classes. Offering ten new chapters, the book features an enterprising 40-page list of resources for up-to-the-minute information gathering on adhesives and includes abundant figures, tables, equations.
Historical development of Adhesives and Adhesive Bonding
Information Resources
Theories and Mechanisms of Adhesion
The Mechanical Theory of Adhesion
Acid-Base Interactions: Relevance to Adhesion and Adhesive Bonding
Interactions of Polymers in Solution with Surfaces
Tailoring Adhesion of Adhesive Formulations by Molecular Mechanics/Dynamics
Principles of Polymer Networking and Gel Theory in Thermosetting Adhesive Formulations
Application of Plasma Technology for Improved Adhesion of Materials
Silane and Other Adhesion Promoters in Adhesive Technology
Testing of Adhesives
The Physical Testing of Pressure-Sensitive Systems
Durability of Adhesive Joints
Analysis of Adhesives
Fracture of Adhesive-Bonded Wood Joints
Fracture Mechanics Methods for Interface Bond Evaluations of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Wood Hybrid Composites
Spectroscopic Techniques in Adhesive Bonding
Ultraviolet Stabilization of Adhesives