Plasma technology:

Plasma technology is based no a simple physical principle. Matter changes its state when energy is
supplied to it: solids become liquid and liquids become gaseous. If even more energy is supplied to a gas,
it is ionized and goes into energy- rich plasma state, the fourth state of matter.

Plasma can be generated by using low frequency (50 – 450 kHz), radio frequency (13-27 MHz) or
microwave (0.915 or 2.45 GHz) power supply. Additionally, the required power range (10-500 w) is
selected based on both the reactor size as well as demand surface treatment.

Application of Plasma Technology in textile pretreatments.

Plasma technology is a dry, environmentally and worker friendly method applied to the textile
materials in order to enhance a variety of properties such as wettability, liquid repellency, dyeability
and coating adhesion.

Plasma is an ionized form of gas and can be created using a controlled level of AC or DC power and an
ionizing gas medium. It is an ensemble of randomly moving, charged atomic particles with a sufficient particle
density to remain, on average, electrically neutral. Plasma contains positive ions, electrons, neutral gas atoms
or molecules, UV light and excited gas atoms and molecules, which can carry a large amount of internal
energy (plasmas glow because light is emitted as these excited neutral particles relax to a lower energy state).
All of these species can and do interact with any surface placed in contact with the plasma. By choosing the
gas mixture, power, pressure etc. we can quite precisely tune, or specify, the effects of the plasma upon the
surface. We are all familiar with solid, liquid and gas the three states of matter & we can move between the
states by adding or removing energy (e.g., heating/cooling). If we continue to add enough energy, gas
molecules will become ionised (lose one or more electrons) and so carry a net positive charge.....

Plasma is the fourth state of matter. It is a gas with a certain portion of

ionized as well as other reactive particles, e.g. ions, electrons, photons,
radicals and metastable excited particles. Several types of plasma are
known; however, only non-equilibrium or cold plasma is used for the
modification of physical and chemical properties of solid materials such as
textiles.
What is plasma technology in textile?
Plasma is an ionized form of gas and can be created using a controlled level of AC or
DC power and an ionizing gas medium. ... Energetic electrons collide with, dissociate
and ionize low-temperature neutrals, creating highly reactive free radicals and ions.