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<p><b>Solvent bonding</b> (also called <b>solvent welding</b>) is not a method of <a href="page.php?w=adhesive_bonding">adhesive bonding</a> (the final result does not rely on the adhesion of another substance [adhesive] and its cohesion between two substrates), but rather a method of fusing two thermoplastic <a href="page.php?w=plastic_joining">plastics</a>.  Application of a <a href="page.php?w=solvent">solvent</a> to a <a href="page.php?w=thermoplastic">thermoplastic</a> material softens the polymer, and with applied pressure this results in</p><p>
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