The process of treating the PET tire cord (210D/3×2) by low temperature nitrogen and airlow temperature plasma and dipping in RFL (resorcinol-formaldehyde-latex) adhesive system wasstudied.The H-pull test value can be improved from about 35 N/cm of untreated sample to 55N/cm of nitrogen plasma treated sample.The photograph of SEM demonstrates that the adhe-sion between nitrogen plasma treated tire cord and rubber has reached the strength of rubber.Airplasma treatment has bad effect on adhesion improvement.The mechanism of plasma treatment on the surface of the PET tire cord and the mechanism ofadhesion improvement are investigated by diffuse reflection infra-red spectrum and XPS (X-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy).From the spectral analysis,it is believed that the contribution to im-provement of the adhesion of the tire cord is the oxidation on the surface.The serious breaking ofthe chemical bonds on surface can cause the adhesion inferior.
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