Gorilla Glue

Gorilla is an American brand name of a line of polyurethane based waterproof glues as well as tapes, epoxies, and adhesives for various applications and tasks, from home to industrial. The glue is produced and sold by the Gorilla Glue Company, which is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is sold in hardware stores, arts & crafts stores, parts stores, and some discount stores. There are different types, colors, and sizes of the glue. Uncured glue can be removed with solvents, such as acetone, however, glue that has dried must be removed mechanically. The glue is water-activated.

History

Gorilla Glue started as a product sold exclusively to furniture manufacturers. The product was discovered being used in Indonesia in 1994 and the company began selling Gorilla Glue to consumers in 1999. The company was purchased by Lutz Tool Company which later changed its name to The Gorilla Glue Company. The company is privately owned.

Glue variants

Original is the most versatile and works on wood, stone, foam, metal, ceramic, glass and other materials. It is also available in white. Wood dries naturally as the wood color, leaves no foam and works on any type of wood. Super is a fast drying glue. Gel Super is a no-dripping variety.

Adhesive

Adhesive may be used interchangeably with glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, and is any substance applied to one surface, or both surfaces, of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. Adjectives may be used in conjunction with the word “adhesive” to describe properties based on the substance's physical or chemical form, the type of materials joined, or conditions under which it is applied.

The use of adhesives offers many advantages over binding techniques such as sewing, mechanical fastening, thermal bonding, etc. These include the ability to bind different materials together, to distribute stress more efficiently across the joint, the cost effectiveness of an easily mechanized process, an improvement in aesthetic design, and increased design flexibility. Disadvantages of adhesive use include decreased stability at high temperatures, relative weakness in bonding large objects with a small bonding surface area, and greater difficulty in separating objects during testing. Adhesives are typically organized by the method of adhesion. These are then organized into reactive and non-reactive adhesives, which refers to whether the adhesive chemically reacts in order to harden. Alternatively they can be organized by whether the raw stock is of natural or synthetic origin, or by their starting physical phase.

Gorilla

Gorillas are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. The eponymous genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorillas and the western gorillas, and either four or five subspecies. They are the largest living primates by physical size. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, from 95–99% depending on what is counted, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the chimpanzees and bonobos.

Gorillas' natural habitats cover tropical or subtropical forests in Africa. Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres (7,200–14,100 ft). Lowland gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level, with western lowland gorillas living in Central West African countries and eastern lowland gorillas living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near its border with Rwanda.

Public holidays in Turkmenistan

Public holidays in Turkmenistan fall into three main categories: (a) holidays commemorating historical events (the defense of the Geok Teppe fortress in 1881, World War II in 1941-45) and landmarks since the declaration of Turkmenistan's independence in 1991 (Independence Day, Neutrality Day, State Flag Day, Day of Revival and Unity); (b) traditional and religious holidays revived since independence (Nowruz Bayram, Kurban Bayram, Oraza Bayram); and (c) new holidays introduced to honor and reinforce cultural traditions of the Turkmen people (harvest, water conservation, folk singers, Turkmen carpets, and the Turkmen racing horse).

List of Public Holidays in Turkmenistan (as of 2009):