Glue
SciShow Tangents
Comic Book Heroes and the Science of Glue
This chapter humorously explores the hosts' hypothetical superhero identities before transitioning to an engaging poem about glue. It sets a playful tone while introducing key concepts related to adhesives and their uses.
Humanity is bound together by so many qualities, and in this episode, we add Being Goopy to the list. What does that have to do with glue? A whole lot, it turns out - cue some ominous foreshadowing....Memento goopy!
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[Secret Ingredient]
Fibers mixed with water to make adhesive
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/1/pgac026/6549457
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194
Adhesive inspired by animal protein
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/945194
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c10936
Chinese bricks made with gluey substance
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chinese-architecture
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eem2.12143
[Trivia Question]
Year that the first adhesive stamp Penny Black was mailed
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-a-single-postage-stamp-birthed-the-information-age
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-piece-of-mail-sent-using-a-stamp-auction-180983619/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-of-the-first-postage-stamp-14931961/
[Fact Off]
Reversible glue made with caffeic acid exposed to certain UV light wavelengths
Blood albumin glue used in plywood and pre-plastic resin objects
https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-154.pdf
https://foodeng.wisc.edu/images/publications/2010-9.pdf
https://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14216
[Ask the Science Couch]
How glue adhesion/cohesion works and why glue (sometimes) doesn’t cure in the bottle
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01182#
https://www.uhu.com/en-en/glue-advice/adhesive-types
https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/D-Lab_Learn-It_Adhesives_Jul13.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143749618300575
https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/CT07137
[Butt One More Thing]
Fibrin glue used to help seal anal fistulas
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