期刊
ENVIRONMENTS
卷 9, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environments9110134
关键词
polyethylene terephthalate; wettability; contact angle; artificial weathering; natural weathering; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; yellowness index
资金
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [03G0268TB]
- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e. V.
The weathering of plastics, especially in aquatic environments, leads to changes in surface properties, particularly wettability. Contact angle measurement is a fast and convenient method to quantify wettability and assess the weathering state of plastics. This study used PET samples to analyze the changes in wetting during artificial and natural weathering. The results showed that wettability with water increased in all cases, with different reasons depending on the weathering method.
The weathering of plastics is always accompanied by a change in surface properties, especially wettability in the case of water. For plastics weathering in an aquatic environment, wettability plays an important role in transport, sedimentation, and dispersion in the water body. To quantify wettability, contact angle measurement is a fast and convenient method that requires little experimental effort. This technique was used with the aim of systematically discussing how measured values of contact angles can contribute to the assessment of the weathering state. Using polyethylene terephthalate (PET), wetting was analyzed on samples from artificial weathering and from controlled, natural weathering. Surface analytical methods were used (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), ultraviolet and visible light spectroscopy (UV/VIS)) to analyze the parameters affecting the contact angle: (i) chemical bond breaking and formation, (ii) eco-corona formation and biofilm growth, and (iii) change in surface structure and roughness. It was found that wettability with water increased during weathering in all cases. The reasons for this varied and depended on the method of weathering. The improved wettability during artificial weathering was due to changes in the polymer surface chemistry. In natural weathering, however, the formation of eco-corona and biofilm was responsible for the changes.
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