Quantification of channels of plasma polymerization using a chemical model based on mass spectrometry Original Research Article

The goal of the project is a solvent-free painting shop. Using air as a bulk gas we polymerize in an acetylene plasma well-bonded thin films which are stable first-order corrosion protections and good primers. UV/Vis spectroscopy shows that the chemistry of polymerization is similar to the photochemical production of ozone in the troposphere. Using a numerical model it is possible to calculate theoretical mass spectra. The adjustment of theoretical mass spectra to real measurements leads to specific channels of polymerization which are driven by a couple of radicals. The coefficients of this channels give raw values of material flow. The consideration of these chemical processes gives an idea of pollutant production processes.