page_title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive
hierarchical_section_title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive
caption_attribution_description: English: Laptop stickers: it's all about freedom.Français&#160;: Autocollants sur un ordinateur portable autour du thème de la liberté.
context_page_description: Pressure-sensitive adhesive is a type of non reactive adhesive which forms a bond when pressure is applied to bond the adhesive with a surface. No solvent, water, or heat is needed to activate the adhesive.
  It is used in pressure-sensitive tapes, labels, glue dots, note pads, automobile trim, and a wide variety of other products.
  As the name "pressure-sensitive" indicates, the degree of bond is influenced by the amount of pressure which is used to apply the adhesive to the surface.
  Surface factors such as smoothness, surface energy, removal of contaminants, etc. are also important to proper bonding.
  PSAs are usually designed to form a bond and hold properly at room temperatures. PSAs typically reduce or lose their tack at low temperatures and reduce their shear holding ability at high temperatures; special adhesives are made to function at high or low temperatures.
context_section_description: Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA, self-adhesive, self-stick adhesive) is a type of non reactive adhesive which forms a bond when pressure is applied to bond the adhesive with a surface.  No solvent, water, or heat is needed to activate the adhesive.
  It is used in pressure-sensitive tapes, labels, glue dots, note pads, automobile trim, and a wide variety of other products.
  As the name "pressure-sensitive" indicates, the degree of bond is influenced by the amount of pressure which is used to apply the adhesive to the surface.
  Surface factors such as smoothness, surface energy, removal of contaminants, etc. are also important to proper bonding.
  PSAs are usually designed to form a bond and hold properly at room temperatures. PSAs typically reduce or lose their tack at low temperatures and reduce their shear holding ability at high temperatures; special adhesives are made to function at high or low temperatures.
caption: Stickers on a laptop, applied with pressure-sensitive adhesive
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