Surface Wetting and Pretreatment Methods

By Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group Plastics adhesion problems are widespread throughout the industry. A major contributing factor to these problems is that many plastics have chemically inert and nonporous surfaces with low surface tensions. That is, most plastics are hydrophobic and are not naturally wettable. These properties, although advantageous to the design engineer, often [...]

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