Coating Technique’s Application in the Improvement of Mechanical Behavior of Polyester Textile in Corrosive Environment

Abstract:

Polyester textiles usually have excellent mechanical properties. However, their mechanical behaviors under extreme conditions such as in the environment with high ozone concentration usually decay after a certain time period. Aiming at increasing the mechanical behavior of commercial polyester textiles under extreme conditions, a PET thin film coated with pure aluminum (Al) on its surface has been introduced as the top layer of the fabricated material with polyester textile as the middle layer. Main purpose of the study is to evaluate the role of aluminum thin film on the surface in improving the mechanical behavior of the polyester textiles after they have been exposed in the environment with extremely high concentration of ozone gas.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 311-313)
• Pages: 1814-1817
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.311-313.1814
• Online since: August 2011
• Authors: Guo Ning Liu, Hua Dong Zhao, He Zheng Wang, Jing Ru Dong, Ming Hao Zhao
• Keywords: Aluminum (Al), Coating, Ozone Gas, Tensile Strength, Textile

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