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Figure 1 Surface energy of various thermoplastic elastomers with rigid thermoplastics Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the peel test Engineering Plastics Polyamide 6,6 ABS Polycarbonate Acrylic Polystyrene Polypropylene Polyethylene Elastomers COPA TPU COPE S-TPE TPV mPE Surface Energy (mN/m) 46 43 40 37 34 31 28 5 Table 1.

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