Adhesion to Fluoropolymers
Of interest to those who already use fluoropolymers and those who are considering using them, this book is mainly concerned with the wide variety of methods available to pretreat fluoropolymers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Adhesion to Fluoropolymers
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| ASTM | American Society for Testing Materials |
| AT-FTIR | attenuated reflectance - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| at. | atom |
| 13CNMR | carbon 13 nuclear magnetic resonance |
| DC | direct current |
| DDM | diaminodiphenylamine |
| DEAPA | diethylaminopropylamine |
| DMF | dimethylformamide |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |
| E o | standard electrode potential |
| ECTFE | copolymer of ethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene |
| ESCA | electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis |
| E-TFE | copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene |
| FEP | copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene |
| ?G o | standard free energy |
| GHz | gigahertz |
| GLD | glow discharge |
| GMA | glycidyl methacrylate |
| HPFP | hydropentafluoropropylene |
| HS | protic solvent |
| IR | infrared |
| IR-IRS | reflection infrared analysis |
| K | Kelvin |
| kHz | kilohertz |
| LDPE | low density polyethylene |
| LF | low frequency |
| m | metre |
| mm | millimetre |
| MHz | megahertz |
| MPa | megapascal |
| MW | microwave |
| N | Newton |
| nm | nanometre |
| Pa | pascal |
| PE | polyethylene |
| PET | poly(ethylene terephthalate) |
| PCTFE | polychlorotrifluorethylene |
| PFA | copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) |
| PLL | poly(L-lysine) |
| PMMA | poly(methyl methacrylate) |
| ppGMA | polymerised glycidyl methacrylate |
| PTFE | polytetrafluoroethylene |
| PVDF | poly(vinylidene fluoride) |
| PVF | poly(vinyl fluoride) |
| RBS | Rutherford back scattering |
| RF | radio frequency |
| SCE | standard calomel electrode |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
| SFE | surface free energy |
| SSIMS | static secondary ion mass spectrometry |
| TBAB | tetrabutylammonium bromide |
| TBAT | tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| TFE | tetrafluoroethylene |
| TOA | take off angle |
| TPP | triphenylphosphine |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| UV-vis | ultraviolet visible |
| VDF | vinylidene fluoride |
| VUV | vacuum ultraviolet |
| XPS | x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| ? | contact angle |
| ? A | advancing contact angle |
| ? R | receding contact angle |
| ? | wavelength |
| m | micron |
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