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The influence of processing parameters on the properties of melt‐spun polypropylene hollow fibers
Author(s) -
De Rovere Anne,
Grady Brian P.,
Shambaugh Robert L.
Publication year - 2001
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/app.10128
Subject(s) - materials science , spinning , composite material , crystallinity , melt spinning , ultimate tensile strength , polypropylene , fiber , tenacity (mineralogy) , modulus , differential scanning calorimetry , tacticity , polymer , polymerization , thermodynamics , physics
Isotactic polypropylene hollow fibers were produced by melt spinning. Spinning speeds up to 1880 m/min were used, and sample hollowness (percentage void in cross section) ranged from 0 to 69%. The fiber samples were characterized using dynamic mechanical analysis, birefringence, tensile testing, and differential scanning calorimetry. The hollow fibers were found to have higher crystallinity, orientation, and strength than the analogous solid fibers. In general, the polymer orientation in a hollow fiber was larger than the orientation in a solid fiber, even when the spinning speed for the latter was much larger. For a fixed outer diameter, increasing the hollowness improved fiber properties. However, as hollowness was further increased, fiber properties declined slightly. At a given percentage hollowness, increased spinning speed increased modulus and tenacity. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 1759–1772, 2002