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Characterization of the surface of­bulk-molded compounds

✍ Scribed by Marie-France Vallat; Jacques Schultz; Christine Mauzac; Michel Jacquin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
262 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
1042-7147

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✦ Synopsis

The automotive industry more and more frequently uses composite materials such as molded compounds (sheetmolded compounds, SMC, or bulk-molded compounds, BMC). Bonding is then the only way of assembling two pieces. Consequently, and in order tentatively to predict the adhesive behavior of such materials, it is necessary to have a good knowledge of their surface properties. Here, different complementary techniques of surface analysis allowed us, on the one hand, to reach this aim for BMCs prepared by compression molding and, on the other hand, to show the influence on the surface properties of the concentration and composition of the internal release agent added to the blend. The surface heterogeneity and the organic nature of the surface of the compounds are shown and no phase separation occurs there as in the bulk. Mold release agents remain in the surface layer and induce some acid±base character to the surface material which depends on the type of stearate introduced in the blend.

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