New Approach in Burn out Printing with DBD Plasma Technique on Linen Fabric and its Blend with Polyester

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treatment was applied to linen and PE/Linen fabrics with air and oxygen at various discharge power levels and exposure times. The results showed the probability of achieving burn out effect on fabrics with no chemicals used in the printing paste. Also significant effects from plasma-type, discharge power and exposure time- on the tensile strength and weight loss were obtained. Oxygen plasma treatment generated the highest weight loss and decrease in tensile strength, than air plasma. It was found the treated samples for long time at higher discharge power were affected more. The changes in the surface morphology and properties were investigated using infrared spectroscopy IR and scanning electron microscope SEM. The printability of fabrics with reactive and pigment were enhanced to a great extent as well as their fastness properties.