Materials Library - High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)

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The majority of common engineering polymers have inherently low surface energy and therefore exhibit poor adhesion characteristics. Plasma treatment offers a reliable and environmentally friendly method of both cleaning and activating the polymer surface, increasing the surface energy and wettability, resulting in greatly improved adhesion characteristics.

High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)

Before Plasma treatment	After Plasma treatment
Contact Angle 85.58 ± 0.26°	Contact Angle 7.61 ± 2.98°

Surface energy 43.44 ± 0.97mN/m	Surface energy 77.19 ± 0.86mN/m

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