Vv. Rybkin et al., Kinetic features of initiation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) oxidative degradation processes in oxygen plasma, HIGH ENERG, 35(1), 2001, pp. 39-42
The results of measurements of time dependences for the formation rates of
gaseous products and oxygen uptake rate in oxygen plasma treatment of a pol
y(ethylene terephthalate) film at discharge currents of 20-80 mA and a pres
sure ranging within 50-200 Pa are reported. The obtained data allow the aut
hors to speculate on the mechanism of initiation of plasma-induced oxidativ
e degradation of the material.