Flame Treatment of Polymeric Materials: Relevance to Adhesion

Progress in Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 417-449

  Mazzola, L ^a   Cusma, A ^b  

^a ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flame treatment; Oxidation; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Surface activation; Surface free energy; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FREE ENERGY; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; WETTING;

ACTIVATION TREATMENT; CARBONYL FUNCTIONALITY; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; FLAME TREATMENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT OXIDIZED MATERIAL; OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; SURFACE ACTIVATION; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84955124917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119162346.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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