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Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive (PSA)

an adhesive that consists of a polymeric base, usually with appropriate plasticizers and tackifiers. It can form an adhesive bond with no physical or chemical change and with the application of only slight pressure.

Committee

Trace Materials

Date Added to Lexicon

01/15/2025

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2024. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard is available from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org