|On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:41:26 +0100, Owain | wrote: | |>LSR wrote: |>> I have a book called "Chemistry in the Marketplace" which has a chart of |>> materials (metal, wood, stone, various plastics etc etc) as row and column |>> headings, and at each intersection it gives the best adhesive(s) for the two |>> materials. Not sure I can easily ASCII it though. Would this be helpful? |>> Maybe something similar is already out there. |>
|>I was going to suggest exactly that as a summary. |>
|>The FAQ is in HTML so a table shouldn't be a problem. |>
|>Owain | | |RS have a very comprehensive datasheet on adhesives, although its |quite a few years old it helps with some of the more strange substrate |combinations. | |Go to
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then infozone and there is a link "Guide to |adhesives " in the centre right of the page
Looks good :-)
|There are about 10 pages on joint design and the different families of |glue and then a 30 page selection chart. Really needs printing at A3 |though as the text is tiny.
Especially as some pages are upside down, not to mention sideways on :-(