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As a followup to previous work, experiments with argon and oxygen Radio Frequency plasma treated polyethylene terepthalate (PET) exposed to 100 °C after cold plasma treatment were performed. Tensile tests results in monofilaments treated in oxygen and argon plasma for 5 s, 20 s, 30 s, and 100 s showed a decrease in the average tensile strength compared with the untreated fibers. It was also observed that the reduction in mechanical strength is more significant for argon plasma and very sensitive to the treatment time for oxygen plasma. Experimental data obtained from tensile tests in samples thermal exposed to 100 °C after plasma treatments indicate the same influence of treatment times on mechanical strength, as observed for cold plasma treated fibers. Furthermore, an increase in tensile strength when compared with the samples unexposed to 100 °C was observed. Scanning electron microscopy, used to analyze effects of cold plasma treatment on fibers surfaces, indicates differences in roughness profiles depending on the type of treatment. The distance of roughness interval, Dri, was a parameter introduced to relate the fibers surface condition and average tensile strength. Statistical analysis of experimental data was performed to explain influences of treatment time, and environmental and temperature effects on mechanical properties.
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Cioffi, M.O.H., Voorwald, H.J.C., Ambrogi, V. et al. Mechanical strength of PET fibers treated in cold plasma and thermal exposed. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 12, 279–287 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1361/105994903770343123
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