SILICONE N E W S from Dow Corning
Sticks Here...Here...Here
In Heat, Cold and Moisture Silicone Adhesives Hold! The exceptional durability of Dow Corning pressure sensitive silicone adhesives makes them dependable for tapes, sealants, spray-on coatings, bonding materials and splicing agents. Perhaps there's a special property you need in an adhesive . . . or a special combination of properties? Here, briefly, are the properties of Dow Corning silicone adhesives. Silicones may offer exactly what you need.
cloth, Teflon, Mylar, aluminum foil, silicone rubber and combinations of these materials. Typical applications include: high temperature electrical insulation; bonding, splicing, and sealing; masking in chemical milling; release surfacing, and electroplating.
They stick anywhere! At temperatures ranging from —80 to 500 F, pressure sensitive silicone adhesives stay stuck and don't deteriorate. They withstand the effects of moisture, oxidation, corrosive chemicals, weathering, arcing, corona and fungus. For electrical applications, silicone adhesives provide excellent dielectric strength.
Or alone. For a fastening adhesive in rugged service, silicones may be your answer. For example, silicone adhesives in combination with asbestos fibers are used to coat and insulate hot air ducts in aircraft. Other tough applications: sealing ends of heat elements in appliances, bonding mica and asbestos panelboard, and bonding silicone rubber to the coils of electrical equipment.
As tapes. Dow Corning silicone adhesives are used with most backing materials. Now readily available from several manufacturers are tapes with backings of glass
Dow Corning Silicones may well be your adhesive of the future. For more technical information or assistance, write Dept. 1911.
Available now — list of manufacturers supplying pressure sensitive tapes with silicone adhesives.
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