Annexure-I

TERM PAPER

CHEMISTRY
CHE 101

Topic: ADHESIVE

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Mr./Ms………………….. Mr../Ms …Mohit
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Deptt. Of Chemistry Roll.No. RD6004A02
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Sibudu Caveochre[6]Tyrolean Iceman[7]

History
The oldest known adhesive, dated to approximately 200,000 BC, is from spear stone flakes glued
to a wood with birch-bark-tar, which was found in central Italy.[5] The use of compound glues to
haft stone spears into wood dates back to round 70,000 BC. Evidence for this has been found in
Sibudu Cave, South Africa and the compound glues used were made from plant gum and red
ochre.[6] The Tyrolean Iceman had weapons fixed together with the aid of glue.[7]
6000-year-old ceramics show evidence of adhesives based upon animal glues made by rendering
animal products such as horse teeth. During the times of Babylonia, tar-like glue was used for
gluing statues. The Egyptians made much use of animal glues to adhere furniture, ivory, and
papyrus. The Mongols also used adhesives to make their short bows, and the Native Americans
of the eastern United States used a mixture of spruce gum and fat as adhesives to fashion
waterproof seams in their birchbark canoes.

In medieval Europe, egg whites were used as glue to decorate parchments with gold leaf. The
first actual glue factory was founded in Holland in the early 18th century. In the 1750s, the
English introduced fish glue. As the modern world evolved, several other patented materials,
such as bones, starch, fish, and casein, were introduced as alternative materials for glue
manufacture. Modern glues have improved flexibility, toughness, curing rate, and chemical
resistance.

In the late 19th century in Switzerland, casein was first used as a wood glue. Today, it is seen to
be used to glue grocery bags.[8