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Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric
In textiles processing, wettability of fabric plays a very important role in enhancing processes such as dyeing and printing. Although well-prepared cotton fabric has very good wettability, further enhancement of its wettability can effectively improve the subsequent dyeing and printing processes. P...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10030233 |
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author | Kan, Chi-Wai Man, Wai-Shan |
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description | In textiles processing, wettability of fabric plays a very important role in enhancing processes such as dyeing and printing. Although well-prepared cotton fabric has very good wettability, further enhancement of its wettability can effectively improve the subsequent dyeing and printing processes. Plasma treatment, especially atmospheric pressure plasma treatment (APPT), a continuous process, is now drawing attention of the industry. In this study, we investigated the effect of APPT under four operational parameters: (1) discharge power; (2) flow rate of oxygen; (3) jet travelling speed; and (4) jet-to-substrate distance on wettability (in terms of wickability and wetting area) of cotton fabric. Experimental results revealed that the four parameters interact with each other in affecting the wettability of the cotton fabric. The results are discussed comprehensively. |
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spelling | pubmed-64151052019-04-02 Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric Kan, Chi-Wai Man, Wai-Shan Polymers (Basel) Article In textiles processing, wettability of fabric plays a very important role in enhancing processes such as dyeing and printing. Although well-prepared cotton fabric has very good wettability, further enhancement of its wettability can effectively improve the subsequent dyeing and printing processes. Plasma treatment, especially atmospheric pressure plasma treatment (APPT), a continuous process, is now drawing attention of the industry. In this study, we investigated the effect of APPT under four operational parameters: (1) discharge power; (2) flow rate of oxygen; (3) jet travelling speed; and (4) jet-to-substrate distance on wettability (in terms of wickability and wetting area) of cotton fabric. Experimental results revealed that the four parameters interact with each other in affecting the wettability of the cotton fabric. The results are discussed comprehensively. MDPI 2018-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6415105/ /pubmed/30966268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10030233 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kan, Chi-Wai Man, Wai-Shan Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title | Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title_full | Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title_fullStr | Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title_full_unstemmed | Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title_short | Parametric Study of Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Wettability of Cotton Fabric |
title_sort | parametric study of effects of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on the wettability of cotton fabric |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10030233 |
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