Abstract
The physicochemical properties of water activated by high-purity low-temperature argon plasma of electrodeless microwave discharge at atmospheric pressure are investigated. Such parameters of activated water as electrical conductivity, redox potential, hydrogen index (pH), the concentrations of dissolved molecular oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, OH-radicals, nitrate and nitrite anions depending on the plasma jet distance above the water surface and duration of activation were studied. Under irradiation conditions close to optimum, it was shown that the generation rate in the absence of impurities are 200 μM/min for H2O2; 800 μM/min for •OH and 2 mM/min for NOx−. The use of plasma activated water (PAW) in agriculture has been tested. It was shown that strawberry seeds treated with a surfactant solution grow much faster than control seeds. The mechanisms of the chemical composition formation of activated water and its biological properties are discussed.
Highlights
Water treated with Low-Temperature (LT) plasma in an open atmosphere acquires specific properties due to the formation of short- and long-lived chemically reactive species of oxygen and nitrogen (RONS) [1]
It was found that the high-purity LT argon plasma, which has been got in an electrodeless microwave discharge at atmospheric pressure significantly changes the physicochemical properties of water (Figures 4–10)
It was shown that when the plasma jet nozzle is displaced by 5 cm from the water surface, the yield of hydrogen peroxide decreases by five orders of magnitude (Figure 8)
Summary
Water treated with Low-Temperature (LT) plasma in an open atmosphere acquires specific properties due to the formation of short- and long-lived chemically reactive species of oxygen and nitrogen (RONS) [1].
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