Water-Based Vs. Solvent-Based Adhesives

Last update on Feb 3, 2003

Organic solvents are used as adhesive carrier fluids anddiluents, as well as for surface preparation and cleanup. Over the last two decades, environmental and workplace safety regulations on solvents have become increasing stringent. Both the formulator and end-user drive most of the efforts towards environmentally friendly systems.

Solvents are a factor in formation of ground level ozone as a result of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions that take place during formulation, application, drying, and curing. VOC emissions are subject to permitting and enforcement in order to reduce urban "smog".

Since then several alternatives to solvent-based adhesive systems have been developed. The driving factors for this developmentwere:

Environmental and work place safety, as described above, and
The oil crisis in the 1970s which threatened to significantly cause a rise in solvent prices.

What are the Alternatives to Solvent-based Adhesives?

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