{"id":1260,"date":"2020-07-21T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2020-08-25T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:32:17","slug":"low-energy-surface-of-high-energy-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/2020\/07\/21\/low-energy-surface-of-high-energy-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Energy Surface or High Energy Surface?"},"content":{"rendered":"

High surface energy<\/b>\u00a0means a strong molecular attraction, while\u00a0low surface energy<\/b>\u00a0means weaker attractive forces. … As with water, adhesive on a\u00a0high surface energy surface<\/b>\u00a0flows and \u201cwets out\u201d the\u00a0surface<\/b>; wetting out is necessary to form a strong bond.<\/p>\n

High Surface Energy substrates are easy to bond. Examples of High Surface Energy are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Aluminium<\/li>\n
  2. Copper<\/li>\n
  3. Zinc<\/li>\n
  4. Steel<\/li>\n
  5. Polycarbonate<\/li>\n
  6. ABS<\/li>\n
  7. PVC<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Examples of Low Surface Energy are:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Rubber<\/li>\n
    2. Silicone<\/li>\n
    3. Teflon<\/li>\n
    4. Polyethylene<\/li>\n
    5. Polypropylene<\/li>\n
    6. Powder coatings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      An important note here is that the presence of surface contaminants can interrupt the bond between the adhesive and the substrate. It is important to have a clean, dry surface free from contaminants.<\/p>\n

      In most of the cases, a good scrub with a 50:50 mixture of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and water will do the job. The alcohol will dissolve light grease and water will get rid of dirt and dust. Always make sure the surface\u00a0is absolutely dry before applying the adhesive\u00a0tape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      High surface energy\u00a0means a strong molecular attraction, while\u00a0low surface energy\u00a0means weaker attractive forces. … As with water, adhesive on a\u00a0high surface energy surface\u00a0flows and \u201cwets out\u201d the\u00a0surface; wetting out is necessary to form a strong bond. High Surface Energy substrates are easy to bond. Examples of High Surface Energy are: Aluminium Copper Zinc Steel Polycarbonate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tacon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}