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Changes in surface chemical composition and the rates of formation of gaseous degradation products under the action of a mixed argon-oxygen plasma on polyethylene (PE) were studied using multiple attentuated total internal reflection (MATIR) IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. It was found that the dilution of a gas mixture with argon decreased the rate of degradation of the material at argon contents higher than 30%. It was demonstrated that absorbance at the absorption bands of the main oxygen-containing groups in a PE film remained unchanged over an argon concentration range from 0 to 90%. Conceivable mechanisms of processes occurring in gas and solid phases, which allowed us to describe the phenomena observed, are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © E.V. Kuvaldina, T.G. Shikova, S.A. Smirnov, V.V. Rybkin, 2007, published in Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, 2007, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 330–333.
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Kuvaldina, E.V., Shikova, T.G., Smirnov, S.A. et al. Surface oxidation and degradation of polyethylene in a mixed argon-oxygen plasma. High Energy Chem 41, 284–287 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143907040121
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