Reducing friction and miscibility studies of FEP dispersion/ PDMS fluid blends
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Author list: Buapool S., Thavarungkul N., Srisukhumbowornchai N.
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Publication year: 2017
Volume number: 191
Issue number: 1
ISSN: 1757-8981
eISSN: 1757-899X
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
To develop new polymer blends having reduced friction force of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) dispersion and improved adhesion of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fluid, FEP dispersion was blended with PDMS fluids at different viscosities of 20 cSt and 100 cSt by using solution mixing method. The FEP/PDMS blends were coated on short hollow tubes and examined by penetrating the tubes into the rubber stoppers. It was found that the tubes coated with the blends showed reduced penetration and friction forces and improved adhesion. The tubes coated with the 100 cSt-PDMS blend in the ratio of 5:1.5 demonstrated the penetration and average friction forces as low as 3828 mN and 1524 mN, respectively. The formation of physical blends was characterized and confirmed by FTIR and DSC analyses. ฉ Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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