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Abstract
To enhance the moisture resistance of wood adhesives, this work aims to add a branched co-monomer, such as tert-butyl acrylate, to polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) emulsion adhesive. This research focuses the development and testing of emulsion co-polymers containing vinyl acetate (VAc), vinyl neodecanoate (VeoVa), N-methylol acrylamide (NMA), and tert-butyl acrylate (Poly (VAc-VeoVa10-TBA-NMA)) as wood adhesives. Preservatives, plasticizer, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution, and aluminum chloride solution are added to develop the emulsion-based adhesive samples. The VAc, VeoVa, methyl methacrylate (MMA) and NMA (Poly (VAc-VeoVa-MMA-NMA)) adhesive are then compared with the poly (VAc-VeoVa-TBA-NMA)-based adhesive sample. The EN 204–205 standard was followed in testing the tensile strength of bonded wood specimens in both wet and dry circumstances to evaluate the adhesives’ performance. When compared to a co-polymer-based adhesive based on MMA, EN 204 demonstrates that after 6 h of bonding, the tensile shear strength of a TBA-based adhesive increased by 25.31% in a dry environment and by 31.58% in a wet environment. The established approach provides a simple and useful way to produce adhesives with better water resistance and bonding strength by using TBA as a branching co-monomer.
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"Polymer Bulletin" is a comprehensive academic journal on polymer science founded in 1988. It was founded under the initiative of the late Mr. Wang Baoren, a famous Chinese chemist and educator. This journal is co-sponsored by the Chinese Chemical Society, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology. It is a core journal and is publicly distributed at home and abroad.
"Polymer Bulletin" is a monthly magazine with multiple columns, including a project application guide, outlook, review, research papers, highlight reviews, polymer education and teaching, information sharing, interviews, polymer science popularization, etc. The journal is included in the CSCD Chinese Science Citation Database. It serves as the source journal for Chinese scientific and technological paper statistics and the source journal of Peking University's "Overview of Chinese Core Journals."