AdhesiveAdditives.com is an independent reference on the raw materials, additives and chemistries of industrial adhesives, published by its own editorial team and built on named primary sources. Its subject is adhesive chemicals: what industrial adhesives are formulated from.
The reference serves formulators, developers, buyers, quality and regulatory staff across seven sections, from 15 raw-material families to adhesive regulation. Each fact names its issuing body, such as ECHA, eCFR or ASTM, with an edition or date. Forwarded reader requests are the only income; placement is never sold. Corrections go to editorial@adhesiveadditives.com.
What Is AdhesiveAdditives.com?#
AdhesiveAdditives.com is a reference website that explains adhesive chemicals for the people who formulate, specify, buy and test industrial adhesives. Each page answers one question about one entity: a substance, a raw-material family, an adhesive chemistry, an application, a test method or a rule.
The site is published under its own name, and its editorial team answers for every page. It sells no adhesive, raw material or test, so no page promotes a product of its own. Pages use US spelling, with SI units first and US customary units in brackets, such as °C (°F) and MPa (psi).
Who the Reference Is Written For#
The reference is written for formulators, product developers, purchasing and quality staff at adhesive makers and at manufacturers that bond, such as packaging, label, tape, wood, automotive and electronics producers. They come to know, choose, formulate, test, comply and source. The reference serves five groups of readers.
- Adhesive formulators.
- Product developers and R&D staff.
- Purchasing staff for adhesives and raw materials.
- Quality and test laboratory staff.
- Regulatory and product stewardship staff.
Who Writes the Pages#
Every page is signed by the AdhesiveAdditives.com Editorial Team; no individual author is named, so each claim carries its source and readers check the claim, not the person. One signature keeps one standard: a substance carries the same name, CAS number and hazard line on every page.
What the Reference Covers and What It Leaves Out#
The reference covers industrial adhesive chemistry from the single raw material to the finished bond: raw materials and additives, adhesive chemistries, industrial applications, adhesion science, test methods, classification standards and the regulation of adhesives. Raw materials are grouped into 15 families by their role in a formulation, from base polymers and tackifiers to curing agents and natural binders. The reference is organized in seven sections.
- Adhesive raw materials, by family.
- Adhesive substances A to Z, with identity and regulatory status.
- Types of adhesives by chemistry.
- Industrial adhesive applications.
- Adhesion science.
- Adhesive test methods.
- Adhesive regulation.
Consumer glue use, crafts and brand rankings are not covered. A product grade appears only as a dated example of a data-sheet value, never as a recommendation.
Where the Facts Come From#
Every fact on AdhesiveAdditives.com comes from a named primary source: an issuing regulator, a standards organization, peer-reviewed literature or a dated producer data sheet. Regulatory facts come from issuing authorities, such as ECHA and EUR-Lex in the EU and eCFR, FDA, EPA, OEHHA, SCAQMD, CARB, OSHA and NIOSH in the US. Test methods come from ISO, CEN, ASTM, FINAT and PSTC, identity from ECHA and PubChem, and grade values from dated technical and safety data sheets.
A newer official text beats an older recorded value, and a data sheet never overrides a standard or a regulation, because it describes only its own grade on its own date. Encyclopedias, wikis and unauthorized copies of standards are never cited.
How Facts Are Dated and Checked#
Every standard is named with its edition, every rule with its instrument, section and date, and every grade value with its grade, producer and data-sheet date. The six examples below show how a fact is written on this site.
| Kind of fact | How the page writes it (example) |
|---|---|
| Test standard | ASTM D3330/D3330M-04(2025), active (peel adhesion of pressure-sensitive tape) |
| Withdrawn method | ASTM D4497-10(2018), hot melt open time: withdrawn 2021, no replacement |
| Harmonized EU hazard | Rosin (CAS 8050-09-7) carries CLP Annex VI 650-015-00-7 Skin Sens. 1 H317. |
| US food-packaging rule | 21 CFR 175.105 requires the label statement "food-packaging adhesive"; the site never writes "FDA approved" |
| Typical grade value | R&B softening point 118.4 °C (245.1 °F), typical value of Escorez 1401, ExxonMobil grade slate 2018 |
| Company ownership | Eastman's adhesive resins belong to Synthomer since 1 April 2022 |
A requirement of a standard and a typical value of a grade are never mixed. Each step of source selection and checking is set out in the fact-checking methodology. A hazard statement is the harmonized EU classification with its index number where an Annex VI entry exists.
How AdhesiveAdditives.com Is Funded and Kept Independent#
AdhesiveAdditives.com is funded by reader requests that it forwards to independent providers and suppliers, and by nothing else: no advertising, no sponsored pages and no paid listings. Three kinds of reader request fund the site.
- Adhesive supplier match: a described bond goes to independent adhesive suppliers and custom formulators.
- Raw-material quote request: one specification goes to independent suppliers and distributors (request quotes for adhesive raw materials).
- Testing-lab match: a described test goes to independent adhesive testing laboratories.
No listing or mention on this site is paid for. The site has no partners and ranks no company, so a request changes nothing on any page.
Grade and company names appear only as dated examples, the core rule of the editorial policy on independence. How requests are disclosed and how independence is kept is set out in the editorial policy on independence.
Corrections and Reader Feedback#
Send a correction to editorial@adhesiveadditives.com with the page, the statement and the source that shows the correct value; the editorial team checks it against that source. Useful sources are a register entry, a current standard edition or a newer data sheet for the named grade.
How to Reach the Editorial Team#
The editorial team is reached by email at editorial@adhesiveadditives.com or through the contact form. The address serves corrections and questions about a page or a source.
Requests for a supplier, a raw-material quote or a testing laboratory go through the request forms, not the email address. The site publishes no phone number and no postal address.
Privacy in Short: What Happens to the Data You Send#
Retention, rights and requests are described in the privacy policy.