From: "Jerry" 
To: "'Richard F.L.R. Snashall'" ,
        
Reply-To: "Jerry" 



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From: owner-atm{at}shore.net [mailto:owner-atm{at}shore.net] On Behalf Of Richard
F.L.R. Snashall
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:05 PM
To: atm{at}shore.net
Subject: Re: ATM Sticking Together

Richard Schwartz wrote:

> Here is how to do it:
>
> "...the bonding surfaces are cleaned and chemically primed for joining
> using standard wet chemical or plasma processes.  Following chemical
> activation, the materials are brought into a class 100 clean box [I
> guess that means no dirt] where joining is initiated by sandwiching a
> small volume of bonding solution between the two mating surfaces.   The
> bonding solution reacts with the substrate surfaces to form a bond that
> can become rigid within a few hours or even a few minutes depending on
> the process conditions..."
>
> Simple.  All you need to do is figure out what they mean by "chemically
> primed", "activation", and what the bonding solution
is.  (They tell you
> it is "inorganic aqueous-based bonding fluid.)     Oh, yeah, this works
> for surfaces polished to match withing 1/3 wave (well within our
> capabilities).
>
> So, what's the magic juice and the meaning of the undefined words
> "chemically primed" and "activation"?   If we
discover this, we don't
> need a kiln to build ribbed mirrors.
>

I wonder if it contains some NaOH.

        Rick S.

> . . . Richard


Probably more like N2O. That article was probably in the April issue.

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