Mechanical strength of cold plasma treated PET fibers

摘要

In this work, the effects of cold plasmatreatment on the mechanical strength ofpolyethyleneterephthalate(PET) fibers has beenverified. Single fibers were treated with oxygen and amixture of oxygen and tetrafluoroethylene in a coldplasma reactor for 30, 100and 200s . The single fiberswere then tested in tensile mode and the mechanicalstrength was analyzed by using the Weibull distribution function.