Investigation of high‐density polyethylene film surface treated with chromic acid mixture by use of 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazine

摘要

AbstractHigh‐density polyethylene films were treated with chromic acid mixture. 2,4‐Dinitrophenylhydrazine was reacted on the treated films. The changes in amounts of 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazones formed in the films were inferred by comparing the absorptions in the ultraviolet spectra. The changes in the film surfaces by chromic acid mixture treatment were investigated by comparing the changes in the amount of the hydrazones with changes in water wettability of the treated films. Scanning electron micrographs of the treated film surfaces were taken. Oxidation of the film surface zone, partial breakdown of polymer in the film surface zone, and oxidation of surface zone bared from the film inner zone seem to have occurred with increase in treatment time. When the treatment temperature was raised, the increase in carbonyl groups in the surface of the high‐density polyethylene film with rise in treatment temperature seems to have been prevented by an increase in partial breakdown of polymer in the film