Research Article
Cold Plasma Pretreatment of Carbon Fibre Composite Substrates to Improve Adhesive Bonding Performance
Table 1
Surface treatment summary and plasma working parameter details.
| | Surface treatment | Description |
| | No treatment |
Samples as-received | | Degreasing |
Acetone wiping | | Abrasion |
Acetone wiping + | | P240 grain carbide paper abrasion | | Plasma | Acetone wiping + plasma discharge | | (with different set-up parameters) |
| | Set-up parameters | Power input (W) | Exposure time (s) |
| | | 100, 200 | 5, 30, 60, 180, 300, 450, 600 |
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