Stick it to 'em. (Jueneman).(super glue)(Brief Article)

R & D, November, 2001 by Jeuneman, Frederic B.

This is a tale about Super Glue, and its adventures in the world of fantasy that we normally call reality.

Super Glue, believe it or not, has been around for 30 years, being marketed under various names such as "Eastman 910" or "Loctite 404," while today almost any supermarket that's worth of the name carries at least one brand of the stickum. (And stick it does, as those of us who are fumble-fingers well know, having had to razor the digits apart if we weren't quick enough with the nail polish remover.)

Super Glue is a cyanoacrylate ester belonging to the family of acrylonitriles, and its unique adhesive property stems from the ease by which it polymerizes under the application of pressure in the presence of moisture. These organo-cyanide compounds...

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