How does super glue glue things?
6/18/202631 min
#061
Be honest. Have you ever glued yourself with super glue? Everyone should accidentally make that mistake at least once, so you can literally feel the impressive stickiness of super glue. Well today, you can learn about the chemistry within super glue, without putting any fingers or other body parts at risk! Let's do this.
References from this episode
- Introduction to Polymers R.J. Young and P. A. Lovell
- http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/superglue/superglueh.htm
- https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/cyanoacrylate/6261.article
- https://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/86/8624sci5.html
- https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/March_ChemClubCal.pdf
- https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/articlesbytopic/bonding/chemmatters-dec2006-glue.pdf
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First 90 secondsMelissa Collini· Host0:00
Hey, y'all. For this month's re-release, we are giving you a little bit of a sneak peek into next week's episode. So this episode is on the chemistry behind super glue.
Jam Robinson· Host0:15
Mm-hmm.
Melissa Collini· Host0:16
And it is all very related to a cool forensic chemistry we have coming up next week with our special guest, Nikki.
Jam Robinson· Host0:26
Mm-hmm.
Melissa Collini· Host0:27
So if you wanna learn really about the chemistry behind super glue, that's also gonna help you learn some about the chemistry behind forensic science.
Jam Robinson· Host0:35
Yes, the f- ways that they were connected was very surprising to me, so I think you'll really enjoy that. I found these things out as they were happening, as I normally do. [laughs] And cool to revisit this episode, and then see how this plays a role in some forens- forensic chemistry stuff.
Melissa Collini· Host0:53
So happy listening.
Jam Robinson· Host0:55
Happy listening.
Melissa Collini· Host0:55
[instrumental music] Hey, I'm Melissa.
Jam Robinson· Host1:07
I'm Sam.
Melissa Collini· Host1:08
And I'm a chemist.
Jam Robinson· Host1:09
And I'm not.
Melissa Collini· Host1:09
And welcome to Chemistry For Your Life.
Jam Robinson· Host1:11
The podcast helps understand the chemistry of your everyday life.
Melissa Collini· Host1:15
Sam, what's up, what's up, what's up? How are you doing?
Jam Robinson· Host1:17
Dude, I'm doing great. I'm tired, but I'm doing great. I'm surviving.
Melissa Collini· Host1:22
That's good. That's really good.
Jam Robinson· Host1:24
Yeah. How about you?
Melissa Collini· Host1:25
Oh, um, my family's watching a hockey game without me right now, so I'm