A sealant shares the same attributes as an adhesive in that it must wet and bond to substrates. However, a sealant is primarily used to fill gaps and also prevent fluids from entering or leaving a sealed joint. In general, sealant materials have ...
An adhesive is a substance which comes in various forms including liquid, paste, film and tape. When an adhesive comes into contact with a substrate it will stick to it and as a result energy is required to detach it from that. In this context, ...
Brazing is a metal joining process, in some ways similar to soldering, in which a natural gas torch is used to heat the base metal and also melt the brazing filler. In Brazing, filler materials have higher melting temperatures (around 300 Celsius) ...
Soldering is a metal joining process in which an electrical heating element (soldering iron) is used to melt the solder wire (filler material) to cover and fill joint area, thus forming a solid joint almost instantly. Unlike welding, in soldering ...
