Plasma Technology
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An entirely or partly ionized gas that
contains electrons, ions, high-energy neutrals, and radicals is referred to as plasma.
It frequently goes together with UV photoemission. While gas temperatures can
be as low as room temperature, non-thermal plasmas, also known as cold plasmas,
can readily be produced at low gas pressures where the electron temperature is
around 1 eV (ca. 10,000 K) or higher. So it makes sense to refer to it as a
non-equilibrium plasma.
A wide range of materials
treatments are feasible with plasma technology. Three distinct types of
processes on the materials can be activated, depending on the specific physical
properties of the plasma created by various ionization systems, in particular:
(1) Destroying hazardous or dangerous materials; (2) superficially altering
already-existing materials; or (3) developing new materials.
Thermal plasma can be used
to create anticorrosion, thermal barriers, anti wear coatings, as well as to
eliminate poisonous, halogenated, and dangerous solid, liquid, and gaseous
compounds.
Cold plasmas may be used
to modify the topography of materials' surfaces as well as produce coatings and
surface chemistries that are vastly different from those of the bulk material.
The weight of each of the
three lines in relation to an immediate industrial transfer varies. The third
one is currently being investigated, whereas the other two are suitable for
direct practical use of the techniques. The description of a few industrial procedures
will be followed by a cost comparison of a few dangerous material treatments.
Refer to this article for more information
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