Method of increasing the wettability of a porous body
US6074534A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2313/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for increasing homogeneously the wettability of a porous body vis a vis a fluid includes a step in which the porous body is exposed in a treatment chamber to a nitrogen plasma generated by an electromagnetic wave discharge in nitrogen gas. Applications include increasing the wettability of a marker tip.
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