Electrophysical Phenomena in the Tribology of Polymers

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Numerous practical problems connected to triboelectric phenomena remain unsolved in both the fabrication and behavior of polymer threads and fabrics in a variety of industrial articles. Using the results of unique experiments carried out in the countries of the former Soviet Union, this volume fills a gap in the science of tribology, presenting fundamental information on the nature of physical and chemical processes governing and accompanying tribodeformation and tribodisintegration of polymers. Details on electrophysical phenomena such as contact electrification and emergence of the electret state in polymer materials are also provided.
 

Contents

PRINCIPLES OF FRICTION ELECTROPHYSICS IN POLYMERS
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11 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR ELECTROPHYSICAL CONCEPTS OF THE NATURE OF FRICTION IN POLYMERS
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12 SURFACE STATES THE ELECTRON THEORY OF DISORDERED SYSTEMS
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13 STATIC TRIBOELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRET EFFECT IN POLYMERS
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REFERENCES
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EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES OF INVESTIGATING ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA IN THE FRICTION OF POLYMERS
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22 THERMAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRETS
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23 ANALYSIS OF EMISSION PROCESSES
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TRIBOELECRET STATE OF POLYMERS
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52 THE COMBINED EFFECT OF ELECTRETIZATION AND TRIBOELECTRIFICATION
5-4
53 THE ROLE OF ELECTRET STATE IN POLYMER COMPOSITES
5-7
54 FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF RADIOELECTRET POLYMER COATINGS
55 MECHANISM OF PRODUCING THE ELECTRET STATE IN FRICTION OF POLYMERS
REFERENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON ELECTROPHYSICAL PROCESSES IN FRICTION
62 FRICTION IN FLUIDS

24 TRIBOELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS IN VARIOUS MEDIA
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25 DECORATION TECHNIQUE
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REFERENCES
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TRIBOELECTRIFICATION OF POLYMER POWDERS
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32 VARIATIONS IN STRUCTURES AND BEHAVIOR OF POLYMERS
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33 MECHANISM OF TRIBOELECTRIFICATION OF POLYMER POWDERS
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REFERENCES
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TRIBOELECTRIFICATION OF BLOCK AND MOLTEN POLYMER MATERIALS
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42 CHARGE SIGN REVERSAL
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43 TRIBOELECTRIFICATION OF POLYMER MELTS
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44 TRIBOELECTRIFICATION OF POLYMER COMPOSITES
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45 EFFECT OF ELECTRIFICATION ON FRICTION
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REFERENCES
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63 FRICTION IN VACUUM
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APPLICATION OF THE TRIBOELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRET EFFECTS IN POLYMERS
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72 DIAMOND CUTTING
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73 POLYMER COATINGS
74 ELECTRET FILTERS
75 POLYMER COMPOSITES
76 PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS OF TRIBOELECTRIC PHENOMENA
CONCLUSION
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SUBJECT INDEX A
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