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There are two distinct viewpoints on adhesion: (i) surface chemistry, and (ii) fracture mechanics. For elucidation of the relative importance of mechanical properties in the bonding of adhesives, the strength of adhesion between model adhesives and glass plates was measured by the wedge cleavage (WC) test method.

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Copolymers of methyl methacrylate (MMA) with n-butyl acrylate (nBA) and methyl methacrylate with styrene (S) were prepared as model adhesives.

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The results show that in MMA-nBA copolymers, by increasing the amount of nBA, both the loss function and the adhesion energy of the adhesives increase. However, by increasing the amount of nBA above a certain level, the adhesion strength begins to decrease. In this situation, the cohesive strength of the adhesive dominates the failure mechanism

yousef Jahani
Iran Polymer Research Center

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This page is a summary of: The role of interfacial interactions and loss function of model adhesives on their adhesion to glass, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, January 2002, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1163/15685610252771149.
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