Category
Poster - Theoretical Proposal
Description
All aspects of woodworking, furniture, cabinetry, crafting, etc., use wood glues. Of these adhesives, the most common foundational compound utilized is polyvinyl acetate (PVAc). The ability of PVAc to create strong hydrogen bonds with wood surfaces characterized by hydroxyl groups makes it an excellent base compound for glues spanning from everyday crafting glue to commercial grade adhesives. However, as with all adhesives, PVAc has its limitations in its ability to hold under various pressures, shear forces, materials, and other environmental conditions such as temperature and moisture. In the cabinet industry for example, there are certain circumstances in which two separate glues are used in combination to improve the reliability of a single joint. This limitation of simple PVAc glues reveals the problem: there is not a single standard glue that works with consistency in the greatest multiplicity of circumstances as possible. Due to this problem, different research groups have attempted to address this problem with various solutions, such as combining the base glue with additives like different compound-based glues or nanoparticles. There have also been attempts to use crosslinking methodologies with inorganic salts to improve the glue’s efficacy. Each of these methods comes with its benefits, along with its limitations. This proposal will provide a succinct approach to offer a better perspective on finding the optimal wood glue. Finally, a further research question is addressed: Is it possible for a combination of the two most successful additives or modification methods from separate studies to compound the efficacy of a single glue?
Proposing an Improved Polyvinyl Acetate Based Wood Glue
Poster - Theoretical Proposal
All aspects of woodworking, furniture, cabinetry, crafting, etc., use wood glues. Of these adhesives, the most common foundational compound utilized is polyvinyl acetate (PVAc). The ability of PVAc to create strong hydrogen bonds with wood surfaces characterized by hydroxyl groups makes it an excellent base compound for glues spanning from everyday crafting glue to commercial grade adhesives. However, as with all adhesives, PVAc has its limitations in its ability to hold under various pressures, shear forces, materials, and other environmental conditions such as temperature and moisture. In the cabinet industry for example, there are certain circumstances in which two separate glues are used in combination to improve the reliability of a single joint. This limitation of simple PVAc glues reveals the problem: there is not a single standard glue that works with consistency in the greatest multiplicity of circumstances as possible. Due to this problem, different research groups have attempted to address this problem with various solutions, such as combining the base glue with additives like different compound-based glues or nanoparticles. There have also been attempts to use crosslinking methodologies with inorganic salts to improve the glue’s efficacy. Each of these methods comes with its benefits, along with its limitations. This proposal will provide a succinct approach to offer a better perspective on finding the optimal wood glue. Finally, a further research question is addressed: Is it possible for a combination of the two most successful additives or modification methods from separate studies to compound the efficacy of a single glue?
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Undergraduate