Developing Super-hydrophobic and Abrasion Resistant Wool Fabrics using Low Pressure Hexafluoroethane Plasma Treatment

Chemistry

• Hexafluoroethane 100%
• Abrasion 66%
• Plasma 35%
• Pressure 33%
• Resistance 18%
• Environmental Friendliness 9%
• Fluorine Atom 8%
• Hydrophobicity 8%
• Flow Kinetics 7%
• Fiber 6%
• Dye 5%
• Time 3%
• Acid 3%
• Surface 3%
• Application 3%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Wool 71%
• Abrasion 58%
• Plasmas 52%
• Contact angle 27%
• Wear resistance 22%
• Wool fibers 12%
• Dyeing 10%
• Dyes 9%
• Energy dispersive spectroscopy 8%
• Flow of gases 7%
• Industrial applications 7%
• Acids 7%
• Flow rate 6%
• Water 4%
• Testing 4%

Physics & Astronomy

• wool 73%
• abrasion 72%
• low pressure 48%
• abrasion resistance 31%
• exhaustion 10%
• hydrophobicity 8%
• fluorine 7%
• gas flow 6%
• acids 6%
• dyes 6%
• flow velocity 5%
• cycles 4%
• augmentation 4%
• water 4%
• fibers 4%
• performance 3%