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Title: Atmospheric pressure plasma processing of polymeric materials utilizing close proximity indirect exposure

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1325785

A plasma treatment method that includes providing treatment chamber including an intermediate heating volume and an interior treatment volume. The interior treatment volume contains an electrode assembly for generating a plasma and the intermediate heating volume heats the interior treatment volume. A work piece is traversed through the treatment chamber. A process gas is introduced to the interior treatment volume of the treatment chamber. A plasma is formed with the electrode assembly from the process gas, wherein a reactive species of the plasma is accelerated towards the fiber tow by flow vortices produced in the interior treatment volume by the electrode assembly.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
9,447,205
Application Number:
13/680,406
OSTI ID:
1325785
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Nov 19
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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