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INTERPOLYMER CORP.: Specialty Polymers Brochure

Available free of charge, the four-page brochure highlights the three general markets where Interpolymer excels: Surface Care, Consumer Specialties and Industrial Specialties.
September 12, 2005
A new full-color brochure from Interpolymer Corp. highlights the many uses of the company's specialty polymers.
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Packaging EndUser: Starch- and Dextrin-Based Adhesives

Starch- and dextrin-based adhesives play a large part in industrial production, especially the packaging industry.
August 1, 2005
This article provides an overview of the raw materials that go into starch and dextrin adhesives, the methods of adhesive manufacture, and the additives that are commonly used in formulations for improvement of specific properties.
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Epoxy, Acrylic, and Urethane Structural Adhesives

Increasing alternatives to mechanical fastening are available.
September 1, 2004

With ongoing advances in structural adhesive formulation, designers in every industry have increasing alternatives to mechanical fasteners for assembly of metal, composites, plastics, rubber, glass and more.


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The Use of Silicone Adhesives in Space Applications

Every single design consideration—including the adhesives selected—is important in the costly endeavor to send an object into space.
October 28, 2003

The harsh conditions of space place a set of constraints on the technologies that take us there. Of primary concern when it comes to space system design is the adhesive chosen to hold everything together. What does it take to perform in the vacuum of space, and why do silicone adhesives continue to be the adhesive of choice in many aerospace applications?


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Polychloroprene Contact Adhesives

Water-based adhesive systems make inroads into traditional solventborne technology.
March 4, 2003
Contact adhesives based on polychloroprene exhibit performance advantages over alternative adhesive systems in a variety of related applications where quick, high-strength, permanent bonds are needed.
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The New Century of Adhesives

To answer our questions on the outlook for the industry, we leaned on members of our editorial advisory board and others representing raw material and equipment suppliers, adhesives manufacturing, product development, technical service, business management and consulting.
Karen Kramer
September 15, 2000
Tap into the expertise of an impressive group of professionals specializing in adhesives and sealants, ask them to predict the future for the industry, spice it up with their opinions on some hot topics, and you come up with a good read.
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Asphalt-Modified Polyurethanes Show Advantages in Construction Sealants

Poly bd resins are used in adhesives, sealants, castable elastomers, caulks, membranes, foams, coatings, propellant binders, potting and encapsulating compounds, as well as other rubber-fabricated materials.
June 1, 2000

Poly bd resins, from Elf Atochem North America Inc., Philadelphia, are liquid, hydroxyl-terminated homopolymers of butadiene. The facile reaction of Poly bd resins with curing agents such as conventional di- and polyisocyanates provides an economical route to the preparation of general-purpose elastomers. The unique structure of these resins provides properties that surpass conventional polyether and polyester urethane systems, as well as conventional, general-purpose rubbers.


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