Sand wind natural ageing of a plasma treated polyethylene film

Among the possible treatment for LDPE films, treatment with gamma irradiation or plasma treatment can be consider. The application of cold plasmas to thetreatment of polymeric materials has become increasingly important in recent time, and it can improve the surface properties of polymers withoutaffecting their bulk properties. Atmospheric pressure plasma has shown good results when applied to change the surface properties.This study has a twofold objective, complete and confirm the results obtained by simulation on the ground in real conditions and study the changes introduced by plasma treatment onsurface properties of the material. We are looking for a simple and inexpensive way to improve the quality of the surface,particularly against the combination of wind and sand, to increase the lifetime of the material and hence reduce the volume of waste