Reaching grid parity has long been the goal of manufacturers. While the solar industry has faced a number of challenges to that end, a handful of new adhesive/sealant technologies may help to attain it.
"The Chemistry of REACH" is the PowerPoint presentations from a webinar of the same name, presented June 2, 2009. Speakers were Malachy Hargadon, Environment Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission; Mamta Patel, Editor, Chemical Watch; and Aidan Thomson, Head of Environment and Climate Change, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, LLP.
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recently developed an acrylic polymer technology that allows high levels of
crosslinking monomer to be incorporated in a stable, one-part system. This
arrangement of more and stronger crosslinks provides a platform of wide
formulation latitude.