A study has been made of interfacial layers that form within cracks in mica and silicate glass. The layers are the result of interactions with environmental species behind the crack tip. Deposition processes are associated with precipitation from aqueous solutions and corrosion of the crack walls. The level of precipitation depends on such factors as "impurity" content, temperature, etc. It is demonstrated that the layers can bridge the interface and thereby significantly increase the apparent toughness and the strength. These retardation effects are modeled as an "internal"(negative) contribution to the net stress intensity factor on the crack from closure tractions over a near-tip area of the interface. The results highlight the potential importance of surface chemistry as a determinant of both equilibrium and kinetic fracture properties. 相似文献
In this paper two kinds of weak boundary layers (WBL) in synthetic vulcanized styrene-butadiene rubber are described. i) WBL produced by the presence of antiadhesion compounds of the rubber formulation (zinc stearate, microcrystalline paraffin wax). These WBL cannot be effectively removed by solvent wiping, whether followed by washing with an ethanol/water mix or not. Although this treatment allowed a significant removal of zinc stearate, the paraffin wax concentration on the surface was not greatly reduced, thus, poor adhesion of rubber was obtained. Chlorination with small amounts of ethyl acetate (EA) solutions of trichloro isocyanuric acid (0.5–5 wt% TCI/EA) and/or an extended halogenation treatment increased the adhesion strength and effectively eliminated the zinc stearate from the rubber surface. If an additional heat treatment (50°C/24h) of the chlorinated rubber was also carried out, the WBL was more effectively eliminated and the resulting adhesion was independent of the amount of chlorination agent applied to the rubber surface. Furthermore, this heat treatment favoured the elimination of WBL in the untreated rubber and also contributed to the removal of WBL produced by an excess of halogenation agent. ii) WBL created by an excess of chlorination agent applied to the rubber surface. The excess of chlorination agent produced lack of adhesion in the rubber because there was significant damage of the rubber surface and a non-rubber surface layer was formed (mainly due to oxidized, chlorinating agent residues and cyanuric acid), which contributed to the formation of WBL. To avoid the creation of WBL, a postchlorination treatment of rubber with a solution of 25 wt% ethanol in water followed by a vacuum-drying process produced excellent results. The effectiveness of this treatment relied on combining an adequate degree of chlorination with no external surface deterioration of the rubber by the excess of chlorination agent. 相似文献
Summary: During the solidification of thin polymer layers different crack patterns can occur. There are several mechanisms of the development of regular crack defects and layer fractures. In case of self‐organization caused by Marangoni instability at the fluid layer surface the substrate can be periodically uncovered by spreading motions when dewetting hinders a back flow from the higher spots of the layer. Another type of crack patterns is generated from shrinkage processes and stress differences in the drying layer. Mostly these patterns are characterized by intersecting straight cracks. In this paper some examples of unusual shrinkage‐crack patterns in polymer layers are presented. Their propagation is independent on surface flow and surface deformations caused by the Marangoni effect, although the strength of polymer layers is impaired by the interfacial instability. Especially at layer edges or spots with thickness differences one can observe periodic wavy or circularly bend shrinkage‐crack structures. As a third type ramified surface defects are studied in thin layers. Often they only propagate at the layer surface.
Wavy shrinkage‐cracks in a PMMA layer with longish surface elevations. 相似文献