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Structure–properties relations of the drawn poly(ethylene terephthalate) filament sewing thread
Author(s) -
Rudolf Andreja,
Smole Majda Sfiligoj
Publication year - 2008
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.25008
Subject(s) - crystallinity , materials science , composite material , shrinkage , protein filament , modulus , birefringence , glass transition , thread (computing) , tenacity (mineralogy) , dynamic mechanical analysis , tangent modulus , dynamic modulus , polymer , optics , physics , computer science , operating system
This article presents research into draw ratio influence on the structure–properties relationship of drawn PET filament threads. Structural modification influence due to the drawing conditions, i.e., the birefringence and filament crystallinity, on the mechanical properties was investigated, as well as the shrinkage and dynamic mechanical properties of the drawn threads. Increasing draw ratio causes a linear increase in the birefringence, degree of crystallinity, filament shrinkage, and a decrease in the loss modulus. In addition, loss tangent and glass transition temperature, determined at the loss modulus peak, were increased by drawing. The observed structural changes influence the thread's mechanical properties, i.e., the breaking tenacity, elasticity modulus, and tension at the yield point increase, while breaking extension decreases by a higher draw ratio. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008