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A new mthod for determining oven aging stability of polypropylene monofilament
Author(s) -
Di Battista A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760100605
Subject(s) - polypropylene , protein filament , materials science , tube (container) , composite material , perpendicular , airflow , thermodynamics , geometry , mathematics , physics
A precise method of oven‐aging polypropylene monofilament has been developed employing a tubular oven in which temperature and air velocity within each tube are accurately controlled. The monofilaments are suspended within each tube by means of specially construced heat stabilized polypropylene holders (no metal contact), which facilitate handling and record keeping. Each filament is held in an attitude perpendicular to the air flow. Failures almost invariably occur in the middle of each filament. Oxidative stabilities of filaments aged in the tubular oven at a constant temperature and air flow were found to be dependent upon (a) distance of the filaments from the incoming air side and (b) whether the exposure was continuous or intermittent. If these parameters are kept constant, relatively good precision can be obtained. The 95% confidence level for a single observed value was found to be on the order of ±10% of the average oven stability within the whole oven and ±7% within a single tube. Precisions of about ±2.5% can be obtained by employing averages of 10 replicates exposed on the same specimen holder.