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What is the strongest cyanoacrylate glue I can reasonably purchase?

I will be competing in a structural engineering competition near July, and I need to find the absolute strongest CA I can find. So strong, it should be illegal :P. Basically, I will be building a triangular shaped truss (Kind of like a bridge), and I found out that the reason why my truss failed was because of a joint coming undone, causing a chain reaction that destroyed a portion of my truss and caused it to have a structural failure. It won by a large margin, however, and it was extremely weight efficient aswell.

http://shop.pitsco.com/store/detail.aspx?KeyWords=...

When I was at the regional level, I used this, and I learned the hard way that that stuff was hardcore weak. I only won 2nd place that time.

The strongest my school has is this stuff: http://shop.pitsco.com/store/detail.aspx?KeyWords=...

I used that glue at the state level competition, and I won 1st place by a large margin.

So far, I am looking at this: http://shop.pitsco.com/store/detail.aspx?KeyWords=...

The parameters for the cyanoacrylate are:

1) Must be reasonably priced. I wouldn't want to purchase a half ounce of CA for $150. I am looking at $10/oz as the ceiling

2) Must come in a 0.25oz, 0.50oz capacity. I can look at 1oz but I'd like to have a bottle of weaker CA and a bottle of megastrong CA, and the competition limits your CA to a total 1oz marked on the bottle[s].

3) Must be purchasable online with little to no hoops or hurdles. If I need to sign some crazy chemical contract or something, or if it is some banned substance in the United States, then no, I would not like to use it.

**The only answers I will consider are those which cite actual sources. Suitable sources are tests, reviews, or videos. I will NOT accept "Personal Experience", or people just winging it. I will report any answers which obviously have no thought, such as 'buy sum krazy glu **** works gud'**

Update:

To address the previous things:

1) I've used epoxy, and I'm afraid that I find it too inconvinient to use.

2) For the methacrylate, it might be a choice.

Also, the truss I need to make is basswood and index cards, with index cards as the gussets. I can use emory board to sand joints to fit

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  • STAN V
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Epoxy adhesives are a major part of the class of adhesives called "structural adhesives" or "engineering adhesives" (which also includes polyurethane, acrylic, cyanoacrylate, and other chemistries.) These high-performance adhesives are used in the construction of aircraft, automobiles, bicycles, boats, golf clubs, skis, snow boards, and other applications where high strength bonds are required. Epoxy adhesives can be developed to suit almost any application. They are exceptional adhesives for wood, metal, glass, stone, and some plastics. They can be made flexible or rigid, transparent or opaque/colored, fast setting or extremely slow setting. Epoxy adhesives are almost unmatched in heat and chemical resistance among common adhesives. In general, epoxy adhesives cured with heat will be more heat- and chemical-resistant than those cured at room temperature. The strength of epoxy adhesives is degraded at temperatures above 350 °F (177 °C).[6]

    Some epoxies are cured by exposure to ultraviolet light. Such epoxies are commonly used in optics, fiber optics, optoelectronics and dentistry.

    Source(s): WikipediA under Epoxy, hope this helps plenty to read.
  • 1 decade ago

    is cyanoacrylate your only choice. methacrylates are much better in peel and shear strength.

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