Surface fluorination of polypropylene 1. Characterisation of surface properties

Authors
du Toit, FJ Sanderson, RD
Citation
Fj. Du Toit et Rd. Sanderson, Surface fluorination of polypropylene 1. Characterisation of surface properties, J FLUORINE, 98(2), 1999, pp. 107-114
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FLUORINE CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00221139 → ACNP
Volume
98
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
107 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1139(19990901)98:2<107:SFOP1C>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Polypropylene (PP) was exposed to various fluorine-gas mixtures and the flu orinated PP surfaces were characterised by means of X-ray photoelectron spe ctroscopy, Rutherford backscattering, attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy, solid-liquid contact angles and thermogravimetric analysis. The surface wettability and surface tensions of PP, as functions of fluorin ation and oxyfluorination times, were also determined and discussed. (C) 19 99 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.