Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatments on Some Physical Properties of Wool Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1260-1265

  Karahan, Hatice Aylin ^a   Özdogğan, Esen ^a   Demir, Asli ^a   Koçum, Ismail Cengiz ^b   Öktem, Tülin ^a   Ayhan, Hakan ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

air plasma; argon plasma; atmospheric pressure plasma; wool fibers

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FRICTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; WOOL; WOOL FIBERS; YARN;

AIR PLASMAS; ARGON PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA TREATMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; FRICTION PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AIR; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CAPILLARITY; FABRIC; FRICTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER VAPOR; WOOL; YARN;

FRICTION; KNITTED FABRIC; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PILLING; PLASMA TREATMENT; PRESSURE; STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 70349301804     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508095595     Document Type: Article

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