Low pressure plasma treatment for improving the strength and durability of adhesively bonded aluminium joints

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 173, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 249-258

  Dartevelle, Caroline ^a   McAlpine, Eoghan ^b   Thompson, George E ^c   Alexander, Morgan R ^c  

^a Inst desSci de l'Ing de Toulon duVar   (France)

^b Alcan Intl's Banbury Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argon; Organic contamination; Oxygen; Plasma treatment; Single lap shear joint; Water contact angle; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASMA THEORY; WETTING;

RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMAS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

PLASMA TREATMENT;

EID: 0038608787     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(03)00427-4     Document Type: Article

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