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Adhesive that is pulled away from the tape and remains on the surface to which the tape was applied.

The debonding of the adhesive from the face material.

The debonding of the adhesive from the substrate.

Sometimes used as another name for the adhesive.

A PS adhesive characterized by having relatively high ultimate adhesion. The label either cannot be removed intact or requires a great deal of force to be removed. One measure is that the force required to remove the adhesive is greater than the tensile strength of the label, or the tear strength of the product surface. For example, a label, which is firmly attached to a plastic surface, but which can be removed from it, intact, may be considered to be non-permanent for that application; however, that same label may destroy the surface of a cardboard box by ripping up fibers, i.e. the force to destroy the label is greater than that of the box surface.

A PS adhesive characterized by low ultimate adhesion. The label can be removed from most substrates without damaging the surface or leaving a residue surface or leaving a residue or stain.

See Adhesive Deposit.

The transfer of adhesive from its normal position on the tape to the surface to which the tape was attached, either during unwind or removal.

An adhesive that will enable a PS label to adhere when applied to refrigerated frozen substrates, generally + 35 degrees F or colder.