The effect of high-dispersion fillers on adhesive and frictional properties of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer

Abstract

The adhesive strength of adhesive joints between metal surfaces has been improved considerably by modifying an adhesive based on a copolymer of ethylene with montmorillonite vinyl acetate. It as been proved that the static (adhesive joint) and dynamic (frictional interaction) adhesion modes are correlated. It has been shown that the surface potential found by a modified Kelvin-Zisman method increases with increasing adhesion of the metal-polymer joint.