Ethyl Cyanoacrylate - Applications

Applications

Ethyl cyanoacrylate is used for gluing of various materials. It finds applications also in medicine, for liquid bandages and for suture-less surgery, but it is used less often than the less toxic n-butyl and octyl cyanoacrylates. Off-the-shelf non-medical-grade glues are unsuitable for medical applications, as they may contain solvents (e.g. methyl alcohol) and produce heat during polymerization.

After curing, the resulting resin softens at temperatures above 150 °C (300 °F). The service temperature of the joint is -54..+82 °C (-65..+180 °F) Its dielectric constant at 1 MHz is 3.33.

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