Name of the Experiment:

Determination of Adhesion Force of a Polymer Coating by Pull off Adhesion Tester.

Abstract:
The experiment was done in order to measure the adhesion strength of a super glue. The
test was conducted by applying super glue evenly on the dolly surface and then placing them on
a glass surface giving them ample amount of time for the glue to dry. After that, the pull off
adhesion tester was slid sidewise and connected to the dolly.After starting to turn the tester, the
glue gave away before registering any force.

1. Introduction:
Adhesion means the action or process of adhering to a surface or object[1]. Adhesion is
the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another. The intermolecular forces
responsible for the function of various kinds of adhesion.

1.1Types of adhesion:
There are several types of adhesion. These are:

i. Mechanical adhesion:
Adhesive materials fill the voids or pores of the surfaces and hold surfaces together
by interlocking. Other interlocking phenomena are observed on different length scales.

ii. Chemical adhesion:

Chemical adhesion occur when the surface atoms of two separate surfaces form
ionic, covalent, or hydrogen bonds. If surface molecules can bond, then the surfaces will
be bonded together by a network of these bonds. . It bears mentioning that these attractive
ionic and covalent forces are effective over only very small distances – less than a
nanometer. This means in general not only that surfaces with the potential for chemical
bonding need to be brought very close together, but also that these bonds are fairly brittle,
since the surfaces then need to be kept close together.

iii.Dispersive adhesion:
In dispersive adhesion, also known as physisorption, two materials are held
together by van der Waals forces: the attraction between two molecules, each of which
has a region of slight positive and negative charge. . In the simple case, such molecules
are therefore polar with respect to average charge density, although in larger or more
complex molecules, there may be multiple "poles" or regions of greater positive or
negative charge. These positive and negative poles may be a permanent property of a
 molecule (Keesom forces) or a transient effect which can occur in any molecule, as the
random movement of electrons within the molecules may result in a temporary
concentration of electrons in one region (London forces).

iv. Diffusive adhesion:

Some materials may merge at the joint by diffusion. This may occur when the
molecules of both materials are mobile and soluble in each other. This would be
particularly effective with polymer chains where one end of the molecule diffuses into
the other material.

2. Methods and Methodology:

2.1. Materials:
i. Portable pull off adhesion tester.
ii. Glass surface.
iii. Super glue.

2.2.Experimental setup:

Fig: Portable pull off adhesion tester

 2.3 Procedure:
i. Super glue was applied evenly on the test dolly and then it was positioned on
the glass surface and left for ample time for the glue to dry.
ii. The adhesion tester was set up so that the load is applied to the center of the
disc and perpendicularly. It was double checked that the tester was correctly
aligned.
iii. Then the load was applied at a continuous and even rate until failure.

3. Result & Discussion:

The adhesion strength of the super glue was found to be 0 N/mm2 . Actually the pull off
adhesion tester wasn’t good. And also the glue wasn’t good enough to do this experiment. This
may occurred because the glue was out of date. As both the dolly and glass had very smooth
surfaces the glue could not bind them as firmly as it would have bound two less smooth surfaces.

References:

1. Dictionary.reference.com/browse/adhesion