One of the most widely used TPV is sold under the trade name of Santoprene™ and this material has a low surface energy, thus making it difficult to bond with engineering adhesives. Whilst cyanoacrylates with a surface primer give good results (Table 4.15), the failure modes are invariably at the adhesive-Santoprene™ interface.
On some grades of Santoprene™ (e. g., 103-50), adhesive shear strengths up to 8 N/mm2 can be achieved with an ethyl-based cyanoacrylate and primer but with other grades (e. g., Santoprene™ 201-55), only 1.5 N/mm2 is achieved.