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Pink Dot has asked me how superglue ( Cyanoacrylate )was first discovered ?,well here is something behind the story of this remarkable modern adhesive-
Cyanoacrylate that was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover while working for Kodak Research Laboratories to develop an optically clear plastic for gunsights as long ago as 1942. Coover rejected cyanoacrylate because it was too sticky.
In 1951, cyanoacrylate was rediscovered by Coover and Dr Fred Joyner. Coover was now supervising research at the Eastman Company in Tennessee. Coover and Joyner were researching a heat-resistant acrylate polymer for jet canopies when Joyner spread a film of ethyl cyanoacrylate between refractometer prisms and discovered that the prisms were glued together.
Doctors in Vietnam put the material to good use during operations,instead of stitching the skin together it was bonded instantly with cynoacrylate,anyone who has had any on their skin will tell you about its instant membrane qualities.
Cyanoacrylate that was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover while working for Kodak Research Laboratories to develop an optically clear plastic for gunsights as long ago as 1942. Coover rejected cyanoacrylate because it was too sticky.
In 1951, cyanoacrylate was rediscovered by Coover and Dr Fred Joyner. Coover was now supervising research at the Eastman Company in Tennessee. Coover and Joyner were researching a heat-resistant acrylate polymer for jet canopies when Joyner spread a film of ethyl cyanoacrylate between refractometer prisms and discovered that the prisms were glued together.
Doctors in Vietnam put the material to good use during operations,instead of stitching the skin together it was bonded instantly with cynoacrylate,anyone who has had any on their skin will tell you about its instant membrane qualities.