so as you can see I've broken this little plastic thing off my whiteboard so I'm going to test out super glue to see if I can glue it back on there there we go so have you ever wondered how super glue works this is the chemistry of super glue super glue is cyanoacrylate or C 5 H 5 no2 written-out cyanoacrylate bonds quickly and strongly because of a chain reaction chemical chain reaction this is called an ionic polymerization [Music] polymerization is the transformation of monomers into polymers monomers are the individual pieces that make up the polymers once super glue is exposed to air hydroxyl ions found in moisture in the air start to monomers to turn into polymers now once this chain reaction started because of a double bond in cyanoacrylate all the monomers will begin to want to join into the polymers [Music] this is because of the an electrostatic force that attracts monomers to the polymers so each cyanoacrylate molecule that was a lot isolated before the polymerization wants to join the other molecules to form a longer polymer chain so as a picture before polymerization you can see that all the cyanoacrylate molecules are separated and not joining each other but during polymerization once air which triggers a small polymer all the monomers are going to want to begin to join it because of that electrostatic force and after polymerization this is once the superglue is cured and aren't sticking the objects together all the cyanoacrylates are linked together so because after the super glue dries the cyanoacrylate molecule is no longer slide past each other the super glue turns into a solid [Music] the polymer chains of the solid form at all the microscopic crevices of an object and can even bond with the object and that is how super glue forms such a very powerful bond for more information or details visit www.ajustlock.com