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Researchers turned superglue into a recyclable, cheap, oil-free plastic alternative
FreeThink ^ | April 1, 2023 | By Scott Phillips and Allison Christy

Posted on 04/05/2023 6:34:15 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 04/05/2023 6:34:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Make a super glue plastic lawn chair as a gag/humor item. Your guest sits in it and cannot get out of it.


2 posted on 04/05/2023 6:37:12 AM PDT by dennisw
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They can easily make ten pounds of it in just a few days. Oh, OK. So scalability is nearly impossible, but sure, let’s revolutionize plastics. Yep, I get it.


3 posted on 04/05/2023 6:41:22 AM PDT by cyclotic
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When superglue is used to stick something together, it is actually reacting with moisture in the air or on the surface of whatever is being glued together.

So...introducing a small bit of moisture to the two (or one) surface(s) to be super glued will improve the efficacy of the super glue?

4 posted on 04/05/2023 6:41:42 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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Seems so...................


5 posted on 04/05/2023 6:42:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

You can do many interesting things with super glue...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=super+glue+hacks


6 posted on 04/05/2023 6:43:59 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Soros on assisting Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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This is what I thought they were talking about:

Super Glue and Baking soda ! Pour Glue on Baking soda and Amaze With Results

7 posted on 04/05/2023 6:43:59 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." J)
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Great minds think alike!


8 posted on 04/05/2023 6:44:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Soros on assisting Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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Develop a method to 3d print it and you might have something...


9 posted on 04/05/2023 7:01:47 AM PDT by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: Red Badger

Super glue was first created by chemists developing new plastics at Eastman chemical co


10 posted on 04/05/2023 7:05:34 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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They’re making plastic cutlery out of cyanide?

You’ll be a big hit at the Fourth of July party.


11 posted on 04/05/2023 7:40:07 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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One word . . .


12 posted on 04/05/2023 9:16:09 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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13 posted on 04/05/2023 9:16:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Fresh Wind

I must say, I was kind of blown away when I saw someone do that stuff with super glue and baking soda.

Of course, I am the kind of guy who goes to the State Fair, and sees the hawkers demonstrating their products like the slicer dicer devices, and I am in the crowd of people frantically pulling the money out of my pocket...:)

But still, it looks promising


14 posted on 04/05/2023 9:42:00 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." J)
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To: Red Badger

Pouring some superglue into the acetone now. How mu


15 posted on 04/05/2023 10:34:30 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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16 posted on 04/05/2023 10:38:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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> Your guest sits in it and cannot get out of it.

Brilliant plan! Guests that can’t leave. 🙄


17 posted on 04/05/2023 10:59:10 AM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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“easily produced transparent plastic called polyethyl cyanoacrylate that has properties similar to those of plastics used for single-use products like cutlery, cups and packaging”

Yeah, I’m not using any compound with “cyano” in it for cutlery, cups, or food packaging.


18 posted on 04/05/2023 11:12:04 AM PDT by Boogieman
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If it is not made from oil, what is it made from?


19 posted on 04/05/2023 5:14:34 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Red Badger

Superglue component chemicals are derived from oil. Further, superglue exposure is known to cause lung and other problems in humans.


20 posted on 04/06/2023 5:00:55 AM PDT by finnsheep
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