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The influence of plasma treatment on the tribological properties of hybrid PTFE/cotton fabric/phenolic composites
Author(s) -
Zhang HuiJuan,
Zhang ZhaoZhu,
Guo Fang,
Liu WeiMin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.20725
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , tribology , polytetrafluoroethylene , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , plasma , chemical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
In this study, the effects of air‐plasma and N 2 ‐plasma treatment on the hybrid polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)/cotton fabric and a phenolic resin were investigated in detail. The tribological properties of the untreated and plasma‐treated hybrid PTFE/cotton fabric/phenolic composites were investigated. The results indicated that air‐plasma‐treated hybrid PTFE/cotton fabric/phenolic composites exhibited better antiwear and friction reduction properties. The combination of scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis illustrated that hybrid PTFE/cotton fabric/phenolic composites treated with air‐plasma possessed more integrated structure and more functional groups, which plausibly contributed to the better tribological properties of the hybrid PTFE/cotton fabric/phenolic composites treated with air‐plasma. POLYM. COMPOS., 2009. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers