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A Facile Way to Modify Polyester Fabric to Enhance the Adhesion Behavior to Rubber

Version 1 : Received: 29 July 2022 / Approved: 4 August 2022 / Online: 4 August 2022 (03:38:30 CEST)

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He, H.; Wu, P.; Yang, Z.; Shi, Z.; Yu, W.; Liu, F.; Zhu, F.; Zheng, Q.; Zhang, D.; Li, S. A Facile Way to Modify Polyester Fabric to Enhance the Adhesion Behavior to Rubber. Coatings 2022, 12, 1344. He, H.; Wu, P.; Yang, Z.; Shi, Z.; Yu, W.; Liu, F.; Zhu, F.; Zheng, Q.; Zhang, D.; Li, S. A Facile Way to Modify Polyester Fabric to Enhance the Adhesion Behavior to Rubber. Coatings 2022, 12, 1344.

Abstract

Due to the extremely inert surface of the polyester (PET) fabric, a toxic and traditional resorcinol-formaldehyde-latex (RFL) dipping solution is always needs to be used in in rubber composite industry. Unfortunately, other effective methods for fabric surface treatment are in urgent needed to improve the poor bonding interface between the fabric and the rubber matrix. In our study, a facile way to modify PET fabric was developed. Specifically, the fabric is treated by an alkaline solution and a coupling agent with magnetic agitation. Afterwards, the treated fabric/rubber composites are prepared through a co-vulcanization process. Attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to characterize the surface chemical compositions of the modified fabrics. The adhesion behavior is analyzed by the peel test. The results show that the fabric surface is successfully grafted with a coupling agent, and the peel strength reaches 9.8 N/mm after KH550 treatment, which is increased 32% compared with that of the original fabric/rubber composites. In addition, the vulcanization rate and interfacial fracture mechanism are also researched.

Keywords

polyester fabric; surface; rubber; composites; adhesion behavior

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics

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