What kind of adhesive or glue should I use to bind them?

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Hello Experts, 
 I am looking for a kind of adhesive or glue which can bind a tiny Li+ion battery to a hard plastic ABS enclosure's bottom. 
 Could you suggest a good adhesive or glue for my goal? Here are my Li+ion battery and my hard plastic (ABS) enclosure. 
 Thanks for your attention and opinions.

Gough Lui · Answer

Ideally you wouldn't use glue, but double sided foam adhesive tape or similar. This reduces the chance of damaging the pouch, especially as the cell can swell throughout its life and needs some ability to move or flex to accommodate. Silicone is fine too, but takes a while to set and can be smelly. Probably not as big of an issue with smaller cells like this as they won't swell much. Hot glue is not ideal due to the thermal shock when applying it that could damage the material of the pouch and can loosen especially when it gets warm.

robogary · Answer

Im a fan of hot glue for these type of projects because hot glue is non destructive. The battery can be removed by heating the glue with a hair dryer. 
 For our E14 colleagues without a hair dryer, Ive also used velcro on lipo batteries, even easier to remove than hot glue, but if you change batteries , you need to put velcro on the new one.

What kind of adhesive or glue should I use to bind them?

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