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Flame retardant polypropylene fibers with good dyeability
Author(s) -
Muskatell M.,
Utevski L.,
Shenker M.,
Daren S.,
Peled M.,
Charit Y.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970418)64:3<601::aid-app16>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - fire retardant , polypropylene , materials science , composite material , polymer science , polymer chemistry
Polypropylene has been grafted with pentabromobenzyl acrylate by reactive extrusion. The degree of grafting is about 4% by weight of the polypropylene independent of the weight of brominated monomer in the feed. Ungrafted monomer remains largely unreacted. Fibers spun from the grafted polypropylene display good mechanical properties and are easily dyed with anthraquinone type disperse dyes. The dyed cloths have good color stability even after laundering. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 64: 601–606, 1997