Cover -- ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS -- Adhesives and Sealants -- Contents -- Preface to Volume 2 -- Scope of the Handbook -- How to use the Handbook -- The Twelve Steps for the Selection of Adhesives and Sealants -- List of Contents of Volume 1 -- Presentation of Volume 2 -- Forthcoming Volumes -- Color Plates -- Theories of Adhesion -- Introduction -- Adhesion by Chemical Bonding -- Adhesion by Physical Adsorption -- The Electrostatic Theory of Adhesion -- Mechanical Interlocking -- Adhesion by Interdiffusion -- Weak Boundary Layers -- Pressure Sensitive Adhesion -- References -- Equipment for the Application of Adhesives and Sealants: Mixing, Metering, Coating or Applying the Adhesives -- Methods of Application of Adhesives, Sealants and Related Products -- Preparation Before Bonding -- Adhesive Coating, General Rules -- Hand Application Techniques -- Spraying -- Application of Adhesives and Sealants by Extrusion Techniques -- Coating on Roll Stocks, Roll Application, Knife Application -- Disc and Wheels Applicators -- Stencil or Stereotyped Application and Techniques Issued from Printing -- Curtain Coaters -- Dip Coating -- Gravity Fed Adhesives, Ball Valves, Tampons -- Electro-pneumatic Guns for Cold Adhesives -- Metering and Mixing of Two-Component Adhesives and Sealants -- Automatic or Robotic Application with Syringes -- Application of Powders -- Application of Dry Adhesives, Film Adhesives -- Special Techniques -- List and Adresses of Suppliers of Equipment for the Application of Adhesives and Sealants -- Design and Stress Calculations for Bonded Joints -- Adhesives Ò Stress Matters -- Lap Joints Ò Stress Distribution -- Joint Designs for Bonding -- Stress Mathematics -- Practical Testing -- Software for the Design and Calculation of Bonded Joints -- Heat-Resistant Adhesives -- Introduction -- Polymer Properties -- Polymer Chemistry -- Resin Characterisation -- Adhesive Properties -- Applications -- References -- Heat Stable Adhesives -- UV-Radiation Curing of Adhesives -- Introduction -- Different Types of UV-Curable Adhesive Resins -- Applications of Radiation-Curable Adhesives -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Note of the Editor: -- List of Suppliers for UV Curing Techniques, Adhesives and UV Equipment -- Formulated UV curing and EB curing adhesives -- Equipment, UV light -- Consultants, Laboratories -- Elastic Bonding and Sealing in Industry -- Introduction -- Principal Advantages and Limits of Elastic Bonding -- Long-Term Durability and Ageing Tests -- Joint Design and Calculation for Elastic Bonding Applications -- Basics -- Curing of Reactive Adhesive Systems -- Process and Application Technology -- Elastic Bonding in Practice -- The Future of Elastic Bonding -- Glossary -- References -- The Company Behind this Chapter -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Last Page.