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Thermal desorption study of physical forces at the PTFE surfaceThermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) of the polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surface was successfully employed to study the possible role of physical forces in the enhancement of metal-PTFE adhesion by radiation. The thermal desorption spectra were analyzed without assumptions to yield the activation energy for desorption over a range of xenon coverage from less than 0.1 monolayer to more than 100 monolayers. For multilayer coverage, the desorption is zero-order with an activation energy equal to the sublimation energy of xenon. For submonolayer coverages, the order for desorption from the unirradiated PTFE surface is 0.73 and the activation energy for desorption is between 3.32 and 3.36 kcal/mol; less than the xenon sublimation energy. The effect of irradiation is to increase the activation energy for desorption to as high as 4 kcal/mol at low coverage.
Document ID
19880023736
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Wheeler, D. R.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Pepper, S. V.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Accession Number
88A10963
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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