Old 05-24-12, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
.If you really want to, we can pull up the chemical structures and composition of these two different products if you wish.
If you can, that would be helpful. I would really like to know the composition of these "vulcanizing fluids", specifically what the cross-linker and activator really are, if indeed they are present. As mentioned by one poster above, normally true vulcanization requires a crosslinker (usually a sulfur compound) and heat (a lot of it) to cause the crosslinking reaction that truly bonds a patch to the base rubber. How do these bike tube patch cements accomplish the same reaction at room temperature.
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