The strength of an adhesive joint determined immediately after removal from a liquid (usually water) in which it has been immersed under specified conditions of time, temperature and pressure. See Strength, Wet. (Handbook of Adhesives, Skeist, I., ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990)
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Wet Strength. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_12805
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