ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the research related to modification of unsaturated rubbers by ozonation and plasma treatment for improving adhesion properties. Mechanism of macroradicals formation in the ozonation process as
well as the influence of the contact time on adhesion properties of the rubbers has been studied. It has been shown that the best characteristics comparing with the initial ones can be obtained at 0.5-1 h ozonation. The gluing strength increases by 10-70% on average at that. Using a goniometric method, a change in the contact properties of the unsaturated rubber surface after treatment of the samples in dc discharge has also been studied. It has been shown that the plasma modification leads to a significant improvement in the contact properties of the rubber samples. The structure of film surface has been investigated by Fourier-IR-spectroscopy.
