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Adhesive may be used interchangeably with glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, and is any substance applied to one surface, or both surfaces, of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. Adjectives may be used in conjunction with the word "adhesive" to describe properties based on the substance's physical or chemical form, the type of materials joined, or conditions under which it is applied.
The use of adhesives offers many advantages over binding techniques such as sewing, mechanical fastening, thermal bonding, etc. These include the ability to bind different materials together, to distribute stress more efficiently across the joint, the cost effectiveness of an easily mechanized process, an improvement in aesthetic design, and increased design flexibility. Disadvantages of adhesive use include decreased stability at high temperatures, relative weakness in bonding large objects with a small bonding surface area, and greater difficulty in separating objects during testing. Adhesives are typically organized by the method of adhesion. These are then organized into reactive and non-reactive adhesives, which refers to whether the adhesive chemically reacts in order to harden. Alternatively they can be organized by whether the raw stock is of natural or synthetic origin, or by their starting physical phase.
Adhesives may be found naturally or produced synthetically. The earliest human use of adhesive-like substances was approximately 200,000 years ago. The first references to adhesives in literature first appeared in approximately 2000 BCE. The Greeks and Romans made great contributions to the development of adhesives. In Europe, glue was not widely used until the period 1500–1700 CE. From then until the 1900s increases in adhesive use and discovery were relatively gradual. Only since the last century has the development of synthetic adhesives accelerated rapidly, and innovation in the field continues to the present.

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    Any particular glue for my phone

    Hi all, I want to change my Poco f3 battery and I've watched a few YouTube videos but they use glue to seal the back of the phone afterwards. Can anyone tell me if I need to use any particular type of glue? Any recommendations would be appreciated Kind regards Mark
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    Question Does this look ok?

    Hi all, Had some new panels installed last week via an MCS installer. Went up to the roof for the first time to check them out and noticed that one of the panels has some sort of residue inside. The installer says that it is excess glue between the frame and panel, and it is nothing to worry...
  3. Doctor Smith

    Model kits?

    Anyone know where I can buy model glue and paint kits? The Universal monster kits. Frankenstein monster, Dracula etc. I loved making them when I was a kid and would love to start making them again.
  4. Garry123

    Fix-A-Floor

    Has anyone used fix-a-floor? I have four loose tiles in my new build bathroom. The house builder has told us they want to use fix-a-floor to glue them back down. I would have thought that as the tiles can be removed, taking them up and fixing them back down would better. The grout around the...
  5. TellyTel

    Can this be fixed? (UHD case)

    Hi Got a new disc in the post but the part that holds the disc has snapped away, apart from a new case, is there any way of fixing it, was going to try glue but not sure that would hold for long. I could have got a replacement, but opted for a partial refund.
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    Question Soundproofing: Green Glue vs Techsound

    Green Glue has long been used between 2 different layers of plasterboard (or a wooden sheet and plasterboard) as a form of dampening to aid soundproofing. It has been used in recording studios, and there are videos online of it being tested against other products, and found to be effective...
  7. stripeyjoe

    Suitable glue for Rogers LS7t woofers

    Hi all, I was bringing my Rogers LS7t's out of retirement and wondered why they were sounding so farty, when I removed the speaker covers I realise that the glue that holds the rubber surrounds to the speaker cones had perished so the cones are now free floating with the surrounds still...
  8. tawny

    Sound proofing / fastening / green glue etc

    Currently soundproofing a studio, and have installed resilient bars & clips, now have 2 layers of plasterboard and a dense sound matting material to go in between the two. My question is really about fastening. 1. How best to fasten the soundproof matting to the first layer of plasterboard...
  9. M

    Question on soundproofing with green glue

    I'm trying to sound insulate my walls. I get 12000 cars per day going by. Stripped the walls and insulated it had none because it's old. I don't want thicker walls and have 5/8 inch to work with It's either 5/8 fireproof drywall or a sheet of 1/4 inch plus green glue and then 3/8. Which...
  10. Barbs77

    Advice please, marble fire surroud, attaching to a newly plastered wall.

    We have just had our living room re plastered. We bought a marble fire surround on pre loved and although it looks stable, what glue would you recommend to stick it to new plaster. Any advice please would be welcome
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