Loctite (r&d) Limited

Bernard Ryan

Hanns Misiak

James Houlihan

Gerard R McCann

An activator composition for accelerating hardening and achieving cure-through-volume of cyanoacrylate adhesives) comprising; (a) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of :(i) pyrazine; or a pyrazine derivative; said pyrazine derivative being pyrazine substituted with at least one electron-releasing group; (ii) pyridine N oxides substituted with at least one electron-releasing group; or (iii) 2,6 pyridines being pyridines substituted in the 2- and 6-positions by substituents, at least one of the substituents being electron-releasing provided that both substituents are not methyl; and (b) a volatile solvent carrier for the compound.

Process for bonding substrates or parts and system including cyanoacrylate adhesive and accelerator composition

An activator composition for the accelerated hardening of cyanoacrylate adhesives, wherein the activator comprises a member selected from the group consisting of: aromatic heterocyclic compounds having at least one N hetero atom in the ring(s) such as pyridines, quinolines and pyrimidines and substituted on the ring(s) with at least one electron-withdrawing group which decreases the base strength of the substituted compound compared to the corresponding unsubstituted compound, mixtures of any of the foregoing with each other, and/or with N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine, and mixtures of any of the foregoing and/or N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine with an organic compound containing the structural element, &#x2014;N&#x2550;C&#x2014;S&#x2014;S&#x2014;, such as dibenzothiazyl disulfide. 6,6'dithiodinicotinic acid, 2,2&#x2032;-dipyridyl disulfide, and bis(4-t-butyl-1-isopropyl-2-imidazolyl)disulfide. An activator composition may comprise a solution of one or more activators in a solvent mixture which comprises a volatile hydrocarbon and a cyclic ketone.

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