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Adhesive tape can be one of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive
Adhesive

Adhesive or glue is a compound in a liquid or semi-liquid state that adhesion or bonds items together. Adhesives may come from either natural or Chemical synthesis sources....
. Several types of adhesives can be used:

ressure sensitive tape, PSA tape, Self stick tape, Sticky tape consists of a pressure sensitive adhesive
Pressure sensitive adhesive

Pressure sensitive adhesive is adhesive which forms a bond when pressure is applied to marry the adhesive with the adherend. No solvent, water, or heat is needed to activate the adhesive....
 coated onto a backing material such as paper
Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
 film, cloth, or metal foil. It is sticky (tacky) without any heat or solvent for activation and adheres with light pressure.






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Adhesive tape can be one of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive
Adhesive

Adhesive or glue is a compound in a liquid or semi-liquid state that adhesion or bonds items together. Adhesives may come from either natural or Chemical synthesis sources....
. Several types of adhesives can be used:

Pressure sensitive tape

Pressure sensitive tape, PSA tape, Self stick tape, Sticky tape consists of a pressure sensitive adhesive
Pressure sensitive adhesive

Pressure sensitive adhesive is adhesive which forms a bond when pressure is applied to marry the adhesive with the adherend. No solvent, water, or heat is needed to activate the adhesive....
 coated onto a backing material such as paper
Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
 film, cloth, or metal foil. It is sticky (tacky) without any heat or solvent for activation and adheres with light pressure. Sometimes, the term adhesive tape is used for this tape.

Water activated tape

Water activated tape, gummed paper tape or gummed tape is starch or animal glue (gelatine) based adhesive on a paper backing. Gummed tape is used for closing and sealing boxes and casings. Before closing corrugated fiberboard box
Box

Box describes a variety of containers and receptacles. When no specific shape is described, a typical Rectangle box may be expected. Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square , elongated, circle or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides....
es, the tape is wetted/remoistened to make the adhesive sticky again.

A specific type of gummed tape is called reinforced gummed tape (RGT). The backing of this reinforced tape consists of two layers of paper with a cross-pattern of fiberglass filaments laminated between. The laminating adhesive had previously been asphalt
Asphalt

Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscosity liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum....
 but now is more commonly a hot-melt atactic polypropylene
Polypropylene

Polypropylene or polypropene is a thermoplastic polymer, made by the chemical industry and used in a wide variety of applications, including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes....
. This is often three inches or 75 mm wide.

Gummed tapes are described in ASTM D5749-01(2006) Standard Specification for Reinforced and Plain gummed Tape for Sealing and Securing. ,

Heat activated tape

Heat activated tape is usually tack-free until it is activated by a heat source. It is sometimes used in packaging, for example, a tear strip tape for cigarette packs.

Drywall tape

Drywall
Drywall

Drywall is a common building material typically made of a layer of gypsum plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper, then kiln dried. Drywall is used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings....
 tape is paper, cloth, or mesh - sometimes with a gummed or PSA adhesive. It is used to make the joints between sheets of drywall materials.

See also

  • Scotch Tape
    Scotch Tape

    Scotch Tape is a brand name used to describe certain pressure sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M as part of the company's Scotch brand.The precursor to the current tapes was developed in the 1930s in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Richard Drew to seal a then-new transparent material known as cellophane....
  • Masking tape
    Masking tape

    Masking tape is a type of pressure sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper, and an easily released pressure sensitive adhesive. It is available in a variety of widths....
  • Duct tape
    Duct tape

    Duct tape is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and #Color variants tapes have recently become available....
  • Sellotape
    Sellotape

    Sellotape is a European brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure sensitive adhesive tape, and is the leading brand of clear sticky tape in the United Kingdom....


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