ARMY RESEARCHERS FIND STRONG UNDERWATER GLUE

UNDERWATER BONDING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MATERIALS SUCH AS STEEL, ALUMINUM, GLASS, WOOD AND RUBBER IS POSSIBLE WITH A NEW ADHESIVE COMPOSITION DEVELOPED AT THE U. S. ARMY MEDICAL BIOMECHANICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, WASHINGTON, D.C. WITHIN 30 SECONDS AFTER APPLICATION UNDERWATER, THE ADHESIVES HAVE ACHIEVED STEEL- TO-STEEL BOND STRENGTHS UP TO 700 P.S.I. IN TENSION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 8, No 3, P 17
• Publication Date: 1967-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Army Research & Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesives; Aluminum; Bonding; Development; Glass; Materials selection; Rubber; Steel; Underwater construction; Underwater structures; Wood
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216160
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM