Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Air plasma Air plasma In low-pressure plasma or atmospheric plasma air in its natural composition is often used as a process gas for pla
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Electroplating of plastics Electroplating of plastics Only conductive substrates can be galvanically metallized. Only conductive plastic
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Plastic activation Plastic activation Increasing the reactivity of a plastic surface by removing or chemically converting inactive subst
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Plastic coating Plastic coating Coating is a method often used to modify the optical and mechanical properties of plastics. By means of
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Industrial pretreatment Industrial pretreatment In industry, a wide range of cleaning and activation methods have proven their worth as
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Plastic painting Plastic painting Non-polar plastics can only be painted if they have been activated and made wettable by e.g. a plasma
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Scratch resistance Scratch resistance In general, high hardness materials have a high scratch resistance to objects made of materials of
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Natural rubber Natural rubber Non-crosslinked pre-product in the rubber. . Natural and synthetic rubber are used. Natural rubber is coag
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Contact power Contact power The quality of a bonded joint is defined by the contact power. It can be directly tested by different method
Glossary of surface technology Home Process technology Glossary Crater formation Crater formation Craters are caused by the incomplete wetting of substrate by the wet paint, usually due to contaminati