TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Schulz, Ulrich A1 - Jansen, Kirsten A1 - Bertus, Angela A1 - Fischer, S. A1 - Möller, B. T1 - Characterization of fluorinated polyethylene surfaces N2 - Polyethylene foils, used as greenhouse foils stabilized with various types of sterically hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS), showed an extraordinary prolonged lifetime on exposure to natural or artificial weathering if a gas-phase fluorination under low-pressure conditions was applied. The fluorination was performed using F2/N2 mixtures and provided ca. 50 F/100 C (fluorination degree ap25%). The lifetimes of fluorinated PE foils on exposure to artificial or natural weathering were increased at least by a factor of 2-4 as measured in terms of tensile strength and elongation at break. KW - Gas phase fluorination of PE KW - Fluorination kinetics KW - Weathering PY - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1163/156856103322113832 SN - 0169-4243 SN - 1568-5616 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - 1127 EP - 1143 PB - VNU Science Press CY - Utrecht AN - OPUS4-2707 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -