SURFACE WETTABILITY OF BRAZILIAN TROPICAL WOOD FLOORING TREATED WITH He PLASMA

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dc.creatorPedro Henrique G. de Cademartori
dc.creatorSilvana Nisgoski
dc.creatorWashington L. E. Magalhães
dc.creatorGraciela Ines B. de Muniz
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:36:51Z
dc.descriptionThis study investigated the effect of plasma treatment on changes of surface wettability of wood flooring from two Brazilian tropical species, Hymenaea spp. (rode locus) and Tabebuia spp. (lapacho). Wood flooring samples were plasma treated at low pressure in a helium atmosphere. Energy level was set at 100 W and four glow discharge times (5, 15, 30 and 45 s) were tested. Changes in wettability were investigated by measuring apparent contact angle, droplet volume and spreading contact area. The results showed less susceptibility of lapacho wood to the plasma treatments, while reduction of apparent contact angle in rode locus wood reached up to 76% for longer discharge times. In general, discharge time of 15 s produced the same effect as discharge of 45 s on wettability, which is important for industrial applications. Visual analyses revealed increase of water droplet spreading on lapacho wood surface, even though the variation of spreading contact area was not significant. Plasma treatment is feasible to improve wettability of tropical woods. Nevertheless, these findings should be investigated further due to the intrinsic characteristics of woods from tropical species.
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dc.identifier0717-3644
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48547628017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/466890
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad del Bío Bío
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=485
dc.rightsMaderas. Ciencia y Tecnología
dc.sourceMaderas. Ciencia y Tecnología (Chile) Num.4 Vol.18
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleSURFACE WETTABILITY OF BRAZILIAN TROPICAL WOOD FLOORING TREATED WITH He PLASMA
dc.typeartículo científico

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