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  2. Vinyl composition tile - Wikipedia

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    Vinyl floor tiling. Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Modern vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring and versions of those products sold since the early 1980s are composed of colored polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chips formed into solid sheets of varying thicknesses (1 ⁄ 8 in or 3.2 mm is most common) by heat and ...

  3. Adhesive bonding - Wikipedia

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    The disadvantage of the lack of instantaneous bonding exhibited by many adhesives can be overcome by using a suitable fast-curing adhesive or a combination of a standard adhesive with a second, fast-curing adhesive (e.g. double-sided adhesive tape) or with another joining method, such as spot welding, rivets, screws, or clinching / press ...

  4. Aerolite (adhesive) - Wikipedia

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    The result was Aerolite, a urea-formaldehyde adhesive which unlike conventional glues of the time, resisted water and micro-organisms. Further research showed that gap-bridging hardeners incorporating formic acid enabled Aerolite to be used as an assembly adhesive. Aerolite was the first adhesive of its type to be invented and manufactured in ...

  5. Composite material - Wikipedia

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    The core material is normally low strength material, but its higher thickness provides the sandwich composite with high bending stiffness with overall low density. [34] [35] Wood is a naturally occurring composite comprising cellulose fibres in a lignin and hemicellulose matrix. [36]

  6. Pressure-sensitive adhesive - Wikipedia

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    Adhesives may be broadly divided in two classes: structural and pressure-sensitive. To form a permanent bond, structural adhesives harden via processes such as evaporation of solvent (for example, white glue), reaction with UV radiation (as in dental adhesives), chemical reaction (such as two part epoxy), or cooling (as in hot melt).

  7. Hot-melt adhesive - Wikipedia

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    Hot-melt adhesive (HMA), also known as hot glue, is a form of thermoplastic adhesive that is commonly sold as solid cylindrical sticks of various diameters designed to be applied using a hot glue gun.

  8. Mangalore tiles - Wikipedia

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    The Mangalore tiles are generally placed inclined at forty five degrees. The tiles get their red colour from the high proportion of iron compound found in the laterite clay. [14] A tile weighs about 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) to 3 kilograms (6.6 lb). [15] These kinds of tiles are most popularly used in Canara, Goa, Kerala, and the Konkan.

  9. Polyvinyl chloride - Wikipedia

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    Polyvinyl chloride is formed in flat sheets in a variety of thicknesses and colors. As flat sheets, PVC is often expanded to create voids in the interior of the material, providing additional thickness without additional weight and minimal extra cost (see closed-cell PVC foamboard). Sheets are cut using saws and rotary cutting equipment.