Journal article
Physical Properties of Plasma-Activated Water
Plasma, v 6(1)
01 Jan 2023
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Abstract
Recent observations of plasma-activated water (PAW)’s surfactant behavior suggest that the activation of water with non-equilibrium plasma can decrease the surface tension of the water. This suggested change to the surface tension also indicates that the addition of plasma can lead to changes in the physical properties of the water, knowledge of which can expand existing PAW applications and open new ones. While the chemical behavior of PAW has been extensively analyzed, to the best of our knowledge the physical properties of PAW have not been investigated. This study focuses on the need for experimental determination of PAW’s physical properties—namely, surface tension, viscosity, and contact angle. The experimental results of this study show that the addition of plasma lowers the surface tension of water at room temperature, increases the viscosity of water at high temperatures, and lowers the contact angle of droplets on glass surfaces at room temperatures. Potential factors influencing these changes include plasma alteration of the mesoscopic structure of water at low temperatures and plasma additives acting as foreign particles in water at higher temperatures. Ultimately, this investigation demonstrates that the physical properties of water change due to plasma activation, which could lead to potential industrial applications of PAW as a surfactant or as a washing-out and cleaning agent.
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- Title
- Physical Properties of Plasma-Activated Water
- Creators
- Mobish Shaji - Drexel UniversityAlexander Rabinovich - Drexel UniversityMikaela Surace - Drexel UniversityChristopher Sales - Drexel UniversityAlexander Fridman - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Plasma, v 6(1)
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- C. and J. Nyheim Plasma Institute; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001064681200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85158136585
- Other Identifier
- 991020531820804721
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