title: Adhesion and Adhesives: Science and Technology
author: Anthony J. Kinloch
description: The author is to be congratulated on having achieved a comprehensive and perceptive treatment of the current status of the subject, within a volume of moderate size...this book can be recommended to anyone who has more than a superficial interest in the field, including specialists who wish to understand the significance of recent work in areas outside their own. - Journal of Adhesion; ...a wealth of tables, ghraphs and photos to support the text,and each chapter has extensive formulations...an essential reference text...an excellent source book for those wishing to learn more than the basics of adhesive technology...VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! - Adhesives and Sealants Newsletter
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  12
  Plastics and Elastomers as
  Adhesives
  Edward M. Petrie
  ABB Power T & D Company, Inc.
  Raleigh, North Carolina
  12.1 Introduction to Adhesives
  Adhesives were ﬁrst used many thousands of years ago, and most
  were derived from naturally occurring vegetable, animal, or mineral
  substances. Synthetic polymeric adhesives displaced many of these
  early products due to stronger adhesion and greater resistance to op-
  erating environments. These modern plastic- and elastomer-based ad-
  hesives are the principal subject of this chapter. 
  An adhesive is a substance capable of holding substrates (adher-
  ends) together by surface attachment. A material merely conforming
  to this deﬁnition does not necessarily ensure success in an assembly
  process. For an adhesive to be useful, it must not only hold materials
  together but also withstand operating loads and last the life of the
  product.
  The successful application of an adhesive depends on many factors.
  Anyone using an adhesive faces a complex task of 