Hypotheses for Scratch Behavior of Polymer Systems that Recover

Scratch recovery is a desirable property of many polymer systems. The reason why some materials have demonstrated excellent scratch recovery while others do not has been a mystery. Explaining the scratch resistance based upon the hardness of a material or its crosslink density is incorrect. In this thesis, novel polymers were tested in an attempt to discover materials that show excellent scratch recovery - one of the most important parameters in determining the wear of a material. Several hypotheses were developed in an attempt to give an accurate picture of how the chemical structure of a polymer affects its scratch recovery. The results show that high scratch recovery is a complex phenomenon not solely dependent upon the presence of electronegative atoms such as fluorine.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Bujard, Bernard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gnade, Bruce
• Brostow, Witold, 1934-
• Reidy, Richard
• Menard, Kevin P.
• Bouanani, Mohamed El

• Polymers.
• Coatings.
• polymer systems
• wear
• fluoropolymers
• scratch resistance
• scratch recovery

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Bujard, Bernard
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 51183154
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3153/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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