Effects of gas composition during plasma modification of polyester fabrics
In order to increase the hydrophilicities and to improve dyeability, poly(ethylene terephathalate) (polyester) fabrics were treated in low pressure and temperature plasma. Different plasma atmosphere were used in this work, leaving the gas type (oxygen, nitrogen, methane and hydrogen) as plasma vari...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2006 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) |
| Repositório: | Repositório Institucional da UFRN |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/45227 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/45227 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Polyester fabrics Plasma treatment Wettability |
| Resumo: | In order to increase the hydrophilicities and to improve dyeability, poly(ethylene terephathalate) (polyester) fabrics were treated in low pressure and temperature plasma. Different plasma atmosphere were used in this work, leaving the gas type (oxygen, nitrogen, methane and hydrogen) as plasma variables, other parameters like pressure, exposure time, voltage and current were not variables in the process. After plasma treatment, the properties of the fabric, including surface morphology and chemical alteration, were investigated. The polyester fabrics treated with different plasma gases exhibited different morphological changes. The capillary method was applied to evaluate the improvement in water uptake of polyester fabrics, which indicated a good wettability to all atmospheres used in this work, except for a mixture containing methane, hydrogen and nitrogen |
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