E-glass fibres have been treated with aqueous fluorides under mild conditions. The fluorinated fibres were analysed by ESCA, SEM and contact-angle measurements. There is good evidence to show that low fluoride salt concentrations impart a degree of water repellency without the formation of salts on the fibre surface.
J. H. Clark and C. J. Williamson, J. Mater. Chem., 1993, 3, 579 DOI: 10.1039/JM9930300579
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