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Wetting Agents - boon or bane?

Additives in adhesive formulations

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Although additives are the smallest component of an adhesive formulation, they have a significant influence on its overall properties. The impact of additives is often in inverse proportion to the amount of additive used. Whether an additive is boon or bane depends primarily on the overall formulation of the adhesive in question. In order to find out in more detail about the effect of additives and, in this case, wetting agents in particular, extensive studies were carried out using water-based pressure-sensitive adhesives.

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  1. Plastic Industry Industrial Specialties, Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH, Essen, Germany

    Melanie Roessing (Technical Service Manager)

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Roessing, M. Wetting Agents - boon or bane?. Adhes Adhes Sealants 6, 22–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03250450

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