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Default What is the chemical force that makes common household glues work

Mad Roger wrote:


Most are some kind of "bonding", where some glues are strong themselves,
like Elmers Glue but while others are extremely weak in and of themelves,
like Cyanacrylate crazy glue


** CA glues are not weak of themselves.

The material sets harder than most glues, like contact adhesive or rubber/silicone glue.

Beside fast curing, the big advantage of CA glue is how it whets and penetrates into small gaps and pores in a materials before setting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate#Properties


...... Phil