Can Plasma Clean Without Touching? Yes, at 8 Meters Per Second (Ask Kodak)

Chat with Greg Fridman · Sep 5, 2026 · 5m

Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: can plasma clean a surface without touching it? Yes. Reactive gas-phase species do the work with zero physical contact. Great for organic contamination. Bad for big chunks and metals. Fast enough for Kodak to use on film production at 8 meters per second.

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00:00 The question, and 3 things to cover

00:07 Reactive species vs physical contact

00:20 What plasma can and can't remove

00:25 Why this matters industrially

00:31 Reactive species work one molecule at a time

00:51 Big chunk of contamination? Plasma is not your tool. It'll take forever.

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