LOCTITE 408/20G – Instant Adhesive transparent

Loctite 408/20G – Instant Adhesive Transparent

Loctite 408 Instant Adhesive – Low bloom, low odour, capillary.

Loctite 408 has low odor and low blooming properties and is particularly suitable for applications where vapor control is difficult. The product provides rapid bonding of a wide range of materials, including metals, plastics and elastomers. Loctite 408 is particularly suited for bonding porous or absorbent materials such as wood, paper, leather and fabric.

Product Description

Technology: Cyanoacrylate
Chemical Type: Alkoxyethyl cyanoacrylate
Appearance (uncured): Transparent, colorless to straw colored liquid
Components: One part – requires no mixing
Viscosity: Very Low
Cure: Humidity
Application: Bonding
Key Substrates: Metals, Plastics and Elastomers

Typical Properties of Uncured Material

Specific Gravity @ 25°C 1.1
Viscosity, Cone & Plate, mPa·s (cP):
–Temperature: 25°C, Shear Rate: 3,000: 4 to 10
Viscosity, Brookfield – LVF, 25°C, mPa·s (cP):
–Spindle 1, speed 60 rpm, 4 to 10

Typical Performance of Cured Material

Cured for 10 seconds @ 22°C
Tensile Strength, ISO 6922:
Buna-N: N/mm² ≥4.5 (psi) (≥652)

Cured for 72 hours @ 22°C
Lap Shear Strength, ISO 4587:
Steel (grit blasted): N/mm² 20.8 (psi) (3,020)

Aluminum (etched): N/mm² 17.3 (psi) (2,500)

Zinc dichromate: N/mm² 2.0 (psi) (290)

ABS: N/mm² 9.7 (psi) (1,400)

PVC: N/mm² 2.8 (psi) (410)

Phenolic: N/mm² 1.3 (psi) (180)

Polycarbonate: N/mm² 8.6 (psi) (1,240)

Nitrile: N/mm² 0.3 (psi) (45)

Neoprene: N/mm² 0.6 (psi) (88)

Block Shear Strength, ISO 13445:
Polycarbonate: N/mm² 22.9 (psi) (3,330)
PVC: N/mm² 1.2 (psi) (180)

Cured for 24 hours @ 22°C
Tensile Strength, ISO 6922:
Steel pin to steel pin: N/mm² 27.3 (psi) (3,950)

Storage
Please store this product in the unopened container in a dry location.
Further storage information may be indicated on the product container labeling.

General information
This product is not recommended for use in pure oxygen and/or oxygen rich systems and should not be selected as a sealant for chlorine or other strong oxidizing materials.

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